Title Statements
- Full title :The earth system / Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2014
- Edition:Third edition, Pearson new international edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pearson Education
- Place of Publication:Harlow
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
The Physical Object
- Description:ii, 462 pages : : illustrations (some color), maps (some colour) ; : 28 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781292021638, 1292021632
- oclc:ocn972871980
- LC Classification:QH331
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: recent and future climate -- Global warming: impacts, adaptation, and mitigation -- Ozone depletion -- Climate stability on earth and earthlike planets -- Human threats to biodiversity.
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