The earth system
Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane.
3rd ed.
San Francisco : Prentice Hall, ©2010.
xi, 420 págs., 16 págs. de láms. : ilustraciones (algunas col.), mapas (algunos col.) ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 9780321597793 (ISBN-13), 0321597796
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.
