The earth system /
Kump, Lee R.
The earth system / Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane. - 3rd ed. - San Francisco : Prentice Hall, c2010. - xi, 420 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780321597793 0321597796
Gaia hypothesis.
550 / KUM.E
The earth system / Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane. - 3rd ed. - San Francisco : Prentice Hall, c2010. - xi, 420 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780321597793 0321597796
Gaia hypothesis.
550 / KUM.E