Global change and the earth system:a planet under pressure

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: NetLibrary, Inc.
Group Author: (William L.) 1947-; Steffen W. L.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Berlin New York
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Global change--the IGBP series,
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b137870
Carrier Form: xii, 336 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. +1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN: 3540266070 (electronic bk.)
9783540266075 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: X21
CLC: X21
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
An integrated earth system -- Planetary machinery: the dynamics of the earth system prior to significant human influence -- The Anthropocene Era: how humans are changing the earth system -- Reverberations of change: the responses of the earth system to human activities -- Living with global change: consequences of changes in the earth system for human well-being -- Towards earth system science and global sustainability.