Screen LibraryThe earth as a cradle for life : the origin, evolution and future of the environment /
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World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | Hackensack, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789814508322 (alk. paper) : 9814508322 (alk. paper) 9789814508339 9814508330 |
| Index Number: | QE26 |
| CLC: | P3-4 |
| Call Number: | P3-4/S775 |
| Contents: | "The age of the earth as an abode fitted for life" (Lord Kelvin, 1899) -- Rotation, tides and the moon -- The variable sun and other astronomical effects -- The magnetic field -- Internal heat and the evolution of the earth -- The oceans -- Planetary atmospheres and the appearance of free oxygen -- Thermal balance, the greenhouse effect, and sea level -- Environmental crises and mass extinctions of species -- Stability of the environment -- Inorganic mineral deposits as products of an evolving environment -- Fossil fuels, buried carbon and photosynthetic oxygen -- Effects of fossil fuel use |