TY - BOOK AU - Kump,Lee R. AU - Kasting,James F. AU - Crane,Robert G. TI - The earth system SN - 9780321597793 U1 - 550 PY - 2010/// CY - San Francisco PB - Prentice Hall KW - Gaia hypothesis N1 - 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 ER -