Oceans : evolving concepts / / Guy Jacques, Paul Tréguer, Herlé Mercier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830699303321
• Autore: Jacques Guy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2020]; ©2020
• ISBN: 1-119-81801-X; 1-119-81802-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 333.9
• Soggetti: Ocean and civilization; Earth sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Challenger Expedition: The Birth of Oceanography -- 1.1. The Challenger cruise (1872-1876) -- 1.2. From the Challenger to the "golden age" of oceanography -- Chapter 2. From Physical Oceanography to Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions -- 2.1. Technological advances revealing the complexity of the ocean -- 2.1.1. Hydrological measurements -- 2.1.2. Current measurements -- 2.2. The international TOGA and WOCE programs -- 2.3. Observing for short-term forecasting and climate study -- 2.4. Major advances -- 2.5. An ocean of change -- 2.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 3: From Chemistry to Marine Biogeochemistry -- 3.1. The birth of chemical oceanography -- 3.2. From the chemical composition of seawater to that of plankton -- 3.3. Chemical tracers 3 and water mass identification -- 3.4. Advancement of concepts on the pelagic ecosystem -- 3.5. Vertical nutrient inputs and coastal upwellings -- 3.6. Nutrient upwelling and Southern Ocean -- 3.7. Rise of marine biogeochemistry -- 3.8. From local nutrient inputs to large-scale ocean-atmosphere interactions -- 3.9. Conclusion -- Chapter 4: From Marine Biology to Biological Oceanography -- 4.1. The key role of marine stations -- 4.2. The beginnings of marine ecology -- 4.3. A case study: a comparative approach to phyto- and zooplankton -- ; 4.3.1. Progress in phytoplankton analysis -- 4.3.2. History of pigment measurement -- 4.3.3. Progress in zooplankton determination -- 4.4. The rise of marine genomics -- 4.4.1. The starting point: the search for picoplankton -- 4.4.2. Marine genomics, biodiversity and biotechnology -- 4.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Anoxia and Chemosynthesis -- 5.1. Hypoxia and anoxia in the ocean -- 5.1.1. Extension of the dioxygen minimum zone.; 5.1.2. Anoxia and mineralization of organic matter -- 5.2. Eutrophication and anoxia of coastal systems -- 5.2.1. The case of the Baltic Sea -- 5.2.2. "Dead zones" in coastal areas -- 5.3. Hydrothermal ecosystems -- 5.3.1. From suspicion to discovery -- 5.3.2. A wide variety of hydrothermal springs -- 5.3.3. The epic of underwater devices -- 5.3.4. In the deepest depths, autonomous vehicles -- 5.3.5. In deep water, continuous monitoring -- 5.3.6. Biological and ecological aspects -- 5.3.7. Toward laboratory experimentation -- 5.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 6: A Warmer, More Acidified and Less Oxygenated Ocean -- 6.1. Ocean "acidification": process, evolution and impacts -- 6.1.1. From acidity to pH of seawater and carbonate chemistry -- 6.1.2. Variations in ocean pH over geological eras -- 6.1.3. Decrease in ocean pH during the industrial era -- 6.1.4. Decrease in pH and disturbances to the carbonate system -- 6.1.5. Impact of acidification on acoustics -- 6.1.6. Impact of acidification on organisms and ecosystems -- 6.1.7. Impact of acidification on corals -- 6.2. A less productive ocean? -- 6.2.1. What are the impacts of climate change on primary production? -- 6.2.2. What are the impacts on carbon export to the deep ocean? -- 6.2.3. A biological carbon pump activated by climate change? -- 6.2.4. A deep deoxygenated ocean? -- 6.2.5. What are the impacts on plankton? -- 6.3. Impacts of climate change on the ocean -- 6.3.1. Rising sea level -- 6.3.2. Impact on ecosystem services -- 6.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 7: The Ocean at High Resolution -- 7.1. Reminder: the ocean on a large scale -- 7.2. Tools for moving from large to small scale -- 7.2.1. Satellite sensors -- 7.2.2. Underwater gliders -- 7.2.3. Lagrangian floats (profilers) -- 7.2.4. Instrumented animals -- 7.3. A new vision of the ocean.; 7.3.1. Elements of ocean physics at the meso- and submesoscale -- 7.3.2. Frontogenesis and dynamics at the submesoscale -- 7.3.3. High-resolution modeling -- 7.3.4. Impact of mesoscale structures on upper trophic levels -- 7.3.5. Impact of the submesoscale on ecosystem structure -- 7.3.6. Integrating submesoscale dynamics into general circulation models -- 7.3.7. Incorporating diversity into physical-biogeochemical-ecosystem models -- 7.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Challenges for the Ocean -- 8.1. Context -- 8.2. Combining the exploitation of biological resources and sustainable development? -- 8.3. Combining the exploitation of deep sea mineral resources with biodiversity conservation? -- 8.4. Mitigating the anthropogenic greenhouse effect by manipulating the ocean? -- 8.4.1. In the 19th Century -- 8.4.2. A half tanker loaded with iron... -- 8.4.3. Artificial fertilization -- 8.4.4. Natural fertilizations -- 8.4.5. Geo-engineering -- 8.5. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Terms -- References -- List of Authors -- Index -- EULA.

Subsumption of Space : A Theory of Marxist Geography / / by Fujio Mizuoka

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910918593203321
• Autore: Mizuoka Fujio
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024
• ISBN: 9789819775606; 9789819775590
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2024.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 pages)
• Collana: Contributions to Regional Science
• Disciplina: 330.91
• Soggetti: Space in economics; Marxian economics; Social sciences - Philosophy; Spatial Economics; Marxist Economics; Social Theory
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The Fundamental Moments in Formulating Marxian Spatial Theory -- Space and Its Subsumption into Society -- Absolute Space -- Relative Space -- Relational Space -- The Built Environment -- The Autogenous Bond of Space and Body -- Business cycle, the falling rate of profit, and capitalist space -- Spatial Struggle -- The Afterword.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book takes a Marxist perspective to explore the dynamics of space. By employing dialectical materialist logic, it explains how a heterogeneous spatial configuration emerges through the dialectical process to transcend the contradiction generated by the subsumption (incorporation) of an sich pristine spaces into society, with a particular focus on the context of capitalism. The key concept here is 'subsumption', as presented by Marx in 'The Results of the Immediate Process of Production'. This book is first of its kind that thought-provokingly demonstrates the dialectical logic of the production of space through the application of Marxist logic of subsumption. It succinctly argues that heterogeneous spatial configurations are ; produced through the society's effort to transcend these contradictions, or the subsumption of space, which transforms pristine space subsumed into a one-point society in formal terms toward a heterogeneous spatial configuration, resulting in an und für sich produced space or space subsumed in real terms. The book also suggests the role of the produced space in potential utilization of space in social struggles. Based on this conceptual framework, this book discusses the built environment, the space embedded in people's minds, and the effects of the capitalist business cycle on space. Ultimately, it presents a compelling case for activists to harness the space produced in their social struggles. .