The earth system
By: Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane
Contributors: Kasting, James F.; Crane, Robert G.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780321597793
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global change; title: Daisyworld: an introduction to systems; title: Global energy balance: the greenhouse effect; title: The atmospheric circulation system; title: The circulation of the oceans; title: The cryosphere; title: Circulation of the solid earth: plate tectonics; title: Recycling of the elements: carbon and nutrient cycles; title: Focus on the biota: metabolism, ecosystems, and biodiversity; title: Origin of earth and life; title: Effect of life on the atmosphere: the rise of oxygen and ozone; title: Long-term climate regulation; title: Biodiversity through earth history; title: Pleistocene glaciations; title: Global warming, part 1: recent and future climate; title: Global warming, part 2: impacts, adaptations, and mitigation; title: Ozone depletion; title: Human threats to biodiversity; title: Climate stability on earth and earthlike planets.