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The earth system / Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: 3rd edDescription: xi, 420 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780321733283 (pbk)
  • 0321733282 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577/.1 KUM 22
LOC classification:
  • QH331 .K798 2011
Contents:
1. Global change -- 2. Daisyworld: an introduction to systems -- 3. Global energy balance: the greenhouse effect -- 4. The atmospheric circulation system -- 5. The circulation of the oceans -- 6. The cryosphere -- 7. Circulation of the solid earth: plate tectonics -- 8. Recycling of the elements: carbon and nutrient cycles -- 9. Focus on the biota: metabolism, ecosystems, and biodiversity -- 10. Origin of the earth and of life -- 11. Effect of life on the atmosphere: the rise of oxygen and ozone -- 12. Long-term climate regulation -- 13. Biodiversity through earth history -- 14. Pleistocene glaciations -- 15. Global warming, Part 1: recent and future climate -- 16. Global warming, Part 2: impacts, adaptation , and mitigation -- 17. Ozone depletion -- 18. Human threats to biodiversity -- 19. Climate stability on earth and earthlike planets.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book The Mico University College 577/.1 KUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 71385

Previous ed.: c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Global change -- 2. Daisyworld: an introduction to systems -- 3. Global energy balance: the greenhouse effect -- 4. The atmospheric circulation system -- 5. The circulation of the oceans -- 6. The cryosphere -- 7. Circulation of the solid earth: plate tectonics -- 8. Recycling of the elements: carbon and nutrient cycles -- 9. Focus on the biota: metabolism, ecosystems, and biodiversity -- 10. Origin of the earth and of life -- 11. Effect of life on the atmosphere: the rise of oxygen and ozone -- 12. Long-term climate regulation -- 13. Biodiversity through earth history -- 14. Pleistocene glaciations -- 15. Global warming, Part 1: recent and future climate -- 16. Global warming, Part 2: impacts, adaptation , and mitigation -- 17. Ozone depletion -- 18. Human threats to biodiversity -- 19. Climate stability on earth and earthlike planets.

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