The earth system / Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Global Change
- Ch. 2. Daisyworld: An Introduction to Systems
- Ch. 3. Global Energy Balance: The Greenhouse Effect
- Ch. 4. The Atmospheric Circulation System
- Ch. 5. The Circulation of the Oceans
- Ch. 6. The Cryosphere
- Ch. 7. Circulation of the Solid Earth: Plate Tectonics
- Ch. 8. Recycling of the Elements: Carbon and Nutrient Cycles
- Ch. 9. Focus on the Biota: Metabolism, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity
- Ch. 10. Origin of Earth and of Life
- Ch. 11. Effect of Life on the Atmosphere: The Rise of Oxygen and Ozone
- Ch. 12. Long-Term Climate Regulation
- Ch. 13. Biodiversity through Earth History
- Ch. 14. Pleistocene Glaciations
- Ch. 15. Global Warming, Part 1: Recent and Future Climate
- Ch. 16. Global Warming, Part 2: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation
- Ch. 17. Ozone Depletion
- Ch. 18. Human Threats to Biodiversity
- Ch. 19. Climate Stability on Earth and Earthlike Planets.
