{"product_id":"the-soil-zoo-claus-peter-lieckfeld-9798893031829","title":"The Soil Zoo: The Hidden Life of Earth's Extraordinary Microcosmic Underworld","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoil sustains life and is among Earth's most essential natural resources. Nearly 60 percent of all species depend on soil for their survival, and almost all mammals depend on plants grown in soil. To many of us, it may seem like just \"dirt,\" but under the gaze of the authors of \u003cem\u003eThe Soil Zoo\u003c\/em\u003e, it's a dazzling microcosmos teeming with never-before-seen creatures that need to be seen to be believed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd seen they are, thanks to the high-tech electron microscopes and cameras deployed by world-leading \"Eye of Science\" photography team Nicole Ottawa and Oliver Meckes. Here are springtails chewing on deadwood, ciliates feeding on bacteria, amoebas hunting nematodes, voracious mites, and fungi and lichens forming vast networks--all in extraordinarily detailed extreme close-ups that invite closest-possible scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScientists Veronika Straass and Claus-Peter Lieckfeld's accompanying text help us further appreciate this abundant and astonishingly vibrant world, including the fact that up to ten \u003cem\u003ebillion\u003c\/em\u003e organisms can inhabit a handful of soil, with life cycles ranging from a few hours to entire centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone from inquisitive gardeners to students of soil science, cutting-edge photography fans to the biology-curious, will be amazed by \u003cem\u003eThe Soil Zoo\u003c\/em\u003e's panoply of weird and wonderful higher-life-supporting cast of characters. And readers will come away compelled to play our part as stewards of the soil, to ensure the astonishing diversity of these organisms continues to survive--and thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claus-Peter Lieckfeld,Veronika Straass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893031829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Claus-Peter Lieckfeld","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997773213951,"sku":"9798893031829","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-soil-zoo-claus-peter-lieckfeld-9798893031829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}