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The earth system /
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| Formato: | Printed Book |
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San Francisco :
Prentice Hall,
c2010.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.