Screen LibraryEarth system science : a very short introduction /
The concept of the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, soil, and rocks operating as a closely interacting system has rapidly gained ground in science. This new field, involving geographers, geologists, biologists, oceanographers, and atmospheric physicists, is known as Earth system science....
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Very short introductions ;
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| Summary: |
The concept of the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, soil, and rocks operating as a closely interacting system has rapidly gained ground in science. This new field, involving geographers, geologists, biologists, oceanographers, and atmospheric physicists, is known as Earth system science. This introductory text considers how a world in which humans could evolve was created; how, as a species, we are now reshaping that world; and what a sustainable future for humanity within the Earth system might look like. Drawing on elements of geology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics, it |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 153 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198718871 (paperback) : 019871887X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QE26 |
| CLC: | P-05 |
| Call Number: | P-05/L574 |
| Contents: | Home -- Recycling -- Regulation -- Revolutions -- Anthropocene -- Projection -- Sustainability -- Generalization. |