| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xi, 420 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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, 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. |
| Subject |
Gaia hypothesis.
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| Added Author |
Kasting, James F.
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Crane, Robert G.
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| ISBN |
9780321597793 |
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0321597796 |
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