The earth's biosphere evolution, dynamics, and change
Machine generated contents note: Preface -- 1 Evolution of the Idea -- From Veradsky to a Science of the Global Environment -- 2 Life in the Universe -- Attributes, Constraints, and Probabilities -- 3 Life's Diversity and Resilience -- Metabolisms, Species, Catastrophes -- 4 Energizing the Bios...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, Mass u.a.
MIT Press
2003
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| Ausgabe: | 1. paperback ed. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Machine generated contents note: Preface -- 1 Evolution of the Idea -- From Veradsky to a Science of the Global Environment -- 2 Life in the Universe -- Attributes, Constraints, and Probabilities -- 3 Life's Diversity and Resilience -- Metabolisms, Species, Catastrophes -- 4 Energizing the Biosphere -- Solar Radiation and the Earth's Heat -- 5 Water and Material Flows -- Biospheric Cycles -- 6 The Biosphere's Extent -- The Moveable Boundaries -- 7 The Biosphere's Mass and Productivity -- Quantifying Life's Presence and Performance -- 8 The Biosphere's Dynamics and Organization -- Fundamental Rules and Grand Patterns -- 9 Civilization and the Biosphere -- The Earth Transformed by Human Action -- 10 Epilogue -- Appendixes -- References -- Scientific Name Index -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references p. [289] - 328 |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 346 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780262692984 978-0-262-69298-4 |