Kump, Lee R. <br/><br/>
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.) ; 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780321597793 0321597796 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gaia hypothesis.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>550  / KUM.E