The earth system /

מידע ביבליוגרפי
מחבר ראשי: Kump, Lee R.
מחברים אחרים: Kasting, James F., Crane, Robert G.
פורמט: Printed Book
יצא לאור: San Francisco : Prentice Hall, c2010.
מהדורה:3rd ed.
נושאים:
Gaia hypothesis.
תוכן הענינים:
  • 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.

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