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The earth system /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kump, Lee R.
Other Authors: Kasting, James F., Crane, Robert G.
Format: Printed Book
Published: San Francisco : Prentice Hall, c2010.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
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245 1 4 |a The earth system /  |c Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane. 
250 |a 3rd ed. 
260 |a San Francisco :  |b Prentice Hall,  |c c2010. 
300 |a xi, 420 p., 16 p. of plates :  |b ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Global change -- Daisyworld: an introduction to systems -- Global energy balance: the greenhouse effect -- The atmospheric circulation system -- The circulation of the oceans -- The cryosphere -- Circulation of the solid earth: plate tectonics -- Recycling of the elements: carbon and nutrient cycles -- Focus on the biota: metabolism, ecosystems, and biodiversity -- Origin of earth and life -- Effect of life on the atmosphere: the rise of oxygen and ozone -- Long-term climate regulation -- Biodiversity through earth history -- Pleistocene glaciations -- Global warming, part 1: recent and future climate -- Global warming, part 2: impacts, adaptations, and mitigation -- Ozone depletion -- Human threats to biodiversity -- Climate stability on earth and earthlike planets. 
650 0 |a Gaia hypothesis. 
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700 1 |a Crane, Robert G. 
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