Eclipse chaser : science in the Moon's shadow (Scientists in the field)
by Loomis, Ilima (Author)
Series
Summary
"The August 2017 solar eclipse is the chance of a lifetime for astronomer Shadia Habbal--years of planning come down to one moment of totality. Will everything go off as planned?"-- Full description
Series: Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin)
Once a wolf: how wildlife biologists fought to bring back the gray wolf
The wildlife detectives: how forensic scientists fight crimes against nature
Anthropologist: scientist of the people
Hidden worlds: looking through a scientist's microscope
Swimming with hammerhead sharks
The bug scientists
Looking for life in the universe: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Project UltraSwan
The woods scientist
The tarantula scientist
Gorilla doctors: saving endangered great apes
The prairie builders: reconstructing America's lost grasslands
Diving to a deep-sea volcano
Quest for the tree kangaroo: an expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
Emi and the rhino scientist: saving species from extinction
Tracking trash: flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion
The whale scientists: solving the mystery of whale strandings
The mysterious universe: supernovae, dark energy, and black holes
Science warriors: the battle against invasive species
Extreme scientists: exploring nature's mysteries from perilous places
The frog scientist
Saving the ghost of the mountain: an expedition among snow leopards in Mongolia
Whaling season: a year in the life of an arctic whale scientist
The bat scientists
The hive detectives: chronicle of a honey bee catastrophe
Kakapo rescue: saving the world's strangest parrot
Project seahorse
The elephant scientist
The manatee scientists: saving vulnerable species
The mighty Mars rovers: the incredible adventures of spirit and opportunity
The polar bear scientists
The dolphins of Shark Bay
Eruption!: volcanoes and the science of saving lives
Sea turtle scientist
Stronger than steel: spider DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope
The tapir scientist: saving South America's largest mammal
The wild horse scientists
Beetle busters: a rogue insect and the people who track it
Chasing cheetahs: the race to save Africa's fastest cats
The park scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America's Own Backyard
The call of the osprey
Inside Biosphere 2: earth science under glass
The octopus scientists
Crow smarts: inside the brain of the world's brightest bird
The great white shark scientist
Mission to Pluto: the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt
Amazon adventure: how tiny fish are saving the world's largest rainforest
Eye of the storm: NASA, drones, and the race to crack the hurricane code
Impact!: asteroids and the science of saving the world
Life on Surtsey, Iceland's upstart island
Backyard bears: conservation, habitat changes, and the rise of urban wildlife
The hyena scientist
The next wave: the quest to harness the power of the oceans
The orca scientists
Eclipse chaser: science in the Moon's shadow
Saving the Tasmanian devil: how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
The tornado scientist: seeing inside severe storms
The big one: the Cascadia earthquakes and the science of saving lives
Condor comeback