Geobiology | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-25

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geobiology


00:01:43 1 History
00:04:36 2 Major geobiological events
00:05:55 3 Important concepts
00:06:39 3.1 Co-evolution of life and Earth
00:09:51 3.2 The Earth has changed
00:11:28 3.3 Genes encode geobiological function and history
00:11:55 3.3.1 Phylogeny predicts evolutionary history
00:13:09 3.3.2 Genes encode metabolism
00:14:33 3.4 Metabolic diversity influences the environment
00:16:14 3.5 Sedimentary rocks tell a story
00:17:11 3.6 Life is fundamentally chemistry
00:18:28 4 Methodology
00:20:53 5 Sub-disciplines and related fields
00:21:49 5.1 Astrobiology
00:22:56 5.2 Biogeochemistry
00:23:34 5.3 Geobiochemistry
00:24:22 5.4 Environmental microbiology
00:25:22 5.5 Geomicrobiology and microbial geochemistry
00:26:45 5.6 Molecular geomicrobiology
00:27:08 5.7 Organic geochemistry
00:28:23 5.8 Paleontology
00:29:15 5.9 Biogeography
00:29:41 5.10 Evolutionary biology
00:30:10 5.11 Ecohydrology



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SUMMARY
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Geobiology is a field of scientific research that explores the interactions between the physical Earth and the biosphere. It is a relatively young field, and its borders are fluid. There is considerable overlap with the fields of ecology, evolutionary biology, microbiology, paleontology, and particularly biogeochemistry. Geobiology applies the principles and methods of biology and geology to the study of the ancient history of the co-evolution of life and Earth as well as the role of life in the modern world. Geobiologic studies tend to be focused on microorganisms, and on the role that life plays in altering the chemical and physical environment of the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and/or cryosphere. It differs from biogeochemistry in that the focus is on processes and organisms over space and time rather than on global chemical cycles.
Geobiological research synthesizes the geologic record with modern biologic studies. It deals with process - how organisms affect the Earth and vice versa - as well as history - how the Earth and life have changed together. Much research is grounded in the search for fundamental understanding, but geobiology can also be applied, as in the case of microbes that clean up oil spills.Geobiology employs molecular biology, environmental microbiology, chemical analyses, and the geologic record to investigate the evolutionary interconnectedness of life and Earth. It attempts to understand how the Earth has changed since the origin of life and what it might have been like along the way. Some definitions of geobiology even push the boundaries of this time frame - to understanding the origin of life and to the role that man has played and will continue to play in shaping the Earth in the Anthropocene.