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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. de láms. : il. (algunas col.), mapas (algunos col.) ; 28 cm.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
Contenido: 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.
ISBN 9780321597793 (ISBN-13). — ISBN 0321597796
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