LEADER 04817nam 22007215 450 001 9910896525203321 005 20250807145739.0 010 $a981-9744-26-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-97-4426-8 035 $a(CKB)36357425300041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31728397 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31728397 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-97-4426-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936357425300041 100 $a20241015d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBiological Weathering and the Environment of the Earth /$fby Tasuku Akagi 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (178 pages) 225 1 $aEcological Research Monographs,$x2191-0715 311 08$a981-9744-25-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 1 Biological weathering Chapter 1: Weathering and feedback system -- Chapter 2: Plant-induced weathering -- Chapter 3: Weathering as physiological strategy -- Part 2 Diatom contribution Chapter 4: Diatoms -- Chapter 5: Thickly veiled frustules -- Chapter 6: Extra nerdy proof of dirty frustules -- Chapter 7: Diatoms eat rock -- Chapter 8: Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) -- Chapter 9: Diatoms and marine chemistry -- Part 3. Weathering in the ocean Chapter 10: Coupling of carbon and silica in the oceans.-Chapter 11: Weathering in the oceans -- Chapter 12: How to store (or release) carbon in (or from) deep ocean Part 4. Ocean weathering and the glacial cycles Chapter 13: Glacial cycles and unresolved questions -- Chapter 14: Ocean weathering as a key to glacial problem -- Part 5. Ocean weathering may save us Chapter 15: Contemporary CO2 problem -- Chapter 16: Ocean weathering as a key to the contemporary CO2 problem -- Chapter 17: An urgent proposal. 330 $aThis book introduces the concept of 'biological weathering.' Weathering, especially chemical weathering, has been recognized as one of the most important processes on Earth because it influences the circulation of elements, including carbon. Weathering has almost always been considered an abiotic process. The book describes the author?s experiments, proving that plant involvement in weathering is a strategy for plants to ingest nutrients from rocks. It is also shown through cultivation experiments and observation of natural diatoms that diatoms and silica obligate plankton dissolve silicate minerals and incorporate silicon and other elements into their frustules. The weathering reaction has also been successfully applied to the previously unexplained relationship between carbon and silica in the ocean?s interior. Readers of this book will gain a comprehensive understanding of weathering as a reaction catalyzed by both plants and plankton, occurring not only on land but also ubiquitously in the earth?s environment, including the ocean?s interior. This new and novel perspective has significant implications for various scientific fields, including biology, marine chemistry, environmental, and paleoenvironmental sciences. The author underscores the immediate relevance of these findings to pressing issues surrounding atmospheric CO2. The book concludes with a proposal for an efficient and safe method to sequester CO2 in the atmosphere into the ocean interior, offering a practical solution to a global challenge. The target audience for this book includes students and researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, geochemistry, environment and plant sciences, atmospheric sciences, and Geo-industries. 410 0$aEcological Research Monographs,$x2191-0715 606 $aEcology 606 $aGeochemistry 606 $aOceanography 606 $aEnvironmental chemistry 606 $aMicrobial ecology 606 $aPlant physiology 606 $aEcology 606 $aGeochemistry 606 $aBiooceanography 606 $aEnvironmental Chemistry 606 $aEnvironmental Microbiology 606 $aPlant Physiology 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aGeochemistry. 615 0$aOceanography. 615 0$aEnvironmental chemistry. 615 0$aMicrobial ecology. 615 0$aPlant physiology. 615 14$aEcology. 615 24$aGeochemistry. 615 24$aBiooceanography. 615 24$aEnvironmental Chemistry. 615 24$aEnvironmental Microbiology. 615 24$aPlant Physiology. 676 $a363.7392 700 $aAkagi$b Tasuku$01766726 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910896525203321 996 $aBiological Weathering and the Environment of the Earth$94211455 997 $aUNINA