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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452061103321

Autore

Lenart Melanie <1961->

Titolo

Life in the hothouse [[electronic resource] ] : how a living planet survives climate change / / Melanie Lenart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, c2010

ISBN

1-299-19169-X

0-8165-7000-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

550

Soggetti

Gaia hypothesis

Global temperature changes

Electronic books.

Earth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A feverish response : hurricanes come with high temperatures -- A living system : gaia and climate control -- Greenhouse-gas attack : one way to warm a planet -- Circulation patterns : a pulse of floods, to the beat of rising waves -- An herbal remedy : plants work to restore balance -- An internal cleanse : the additive power of soils and wetlands -- Beneath the surface : weathering the warming in deep time -- Systematic healing : more ways trees and wetlands boost planetary health -- Conclusion : what would gaia do?