Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands Geopark: From Earth to Space / / edited by Elena Mateo, Jesús Martínez-Frías, Juana Vegas |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Collana | Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism, Conservation and Management Series |
Soggetto topico |
Nature conservation
Geology Tourism Management Conservation biology Ecology Astrobiology Planetology Nature Conservation Tourism Management Conservation Biology/Ecology |
ISBN | 3-030-13130-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction Lanzarote, a Unique Geopark -- Part I: From Earth -- Geological and Geographical Setting of Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geoparks -- Geoheritage Inventory of the Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark -- Historic Volcanic Landforms Diversity on Lanzarote -- Evaluation of Geoconservation in Geosites of Paleontogical Interest from Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark -- Geoheritage in the Shallow Submarine Slopes of an Oceanic Volcanic Edifice: a New Option for Diving Geotourism -- Geoconservation and Geotourism in the Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geoparks -- Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands: an Anchialine UNESCO Global Geoparks -- Part II: To Space -- Volcanic caves of Lanzarote: a Natural Laboratory for Understanding Volcano-Speleogenetic Processes and Planetary Caves -- Lanzarote: Mars on Earth -- Part III: Living in the Geopark -- Lanzarote: The Landscape and the History Behind the Volcano.-Lanzarote, César Manrique and the Creation of the Art, Culture and Tourism Centres, 1960–1976 -- Lanzarote Satlworks, Symbol of Identity. |
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Lebensraum Universum [[electronic resource] ] : Einführung in die Exoökologie / / von Aleksandar Janjic |
Autore | Janjic Aleksandar |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 220 S. 10 Abb., 9 Abb. in Farbe.) |
Disciplina | 570 |
Soggetto topico |
Life sciences
Astrobiology Evolutionary biology Space sciences Nature Environment Popular Life Sciences Evolutionary Biology Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Popular Science in Nature and Environment |
ISBN | 3-662-54787-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Auf der Suche nach Signaturen des Lebens -- 2 Extreme Organismen und Transspermie -- 3 Die Ursprünge des Lebendigen. |
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Janjic Aleksandar
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Life in the Universe : Expectations and Constraints / / by Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Louis N. Irwin |
Autore | Schulze-Makuch Dirk |
Edizione | [3rd ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 343 p. 51 illus., 25 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 576.839 |
Collana | Astronomy and Planetary Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Astrobiology
Microbiology Planetology Biochemistry Geobiology Biochemistry, general Biogeosciences |
ISBN | 3-319-97658-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Definition of Life -- Origin of Life -- Synthetic Life -- Lessons from the History of Life on Earth -- Energy Sources and Life -- Building Blocks of Life -- Life and the Need for a Solvent -- Habitats of Life -- Signatures of Life -- Life Detection-Past and Present -- Astrobiological Potential within the Solar System -- Exoplanets and Exomoons -- Ideas of Exotic Forms of Life -- The Future and Fate of Living Systems -- SETI - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life -- Optimizing Space Exploration -- References -- Index. |
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Schulze-Makuch Dirk
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A Man From Planet Earth : A Scientific Novel / / by Giancarlo Genta |
Autore | Genta Giancarlo |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.83876 |
Collana | Science and Fiction |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrobiology Life sciences Physics Earth Geology Popular Science in Astronomy Popular Life Sciences Popular Science in Physics Popular Earth Science |
ISBN | 3-319-21115-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- part i: novel -- part ii: scientific -- Appendix. |
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Genta Giancarlo
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The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth / / edited by Charles S. Cockell |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina | 919.904 |
Collana | Space and Society |
Soggetto topico |
Science—Social aspects
Philosophy and social sciences Personality Social psychology Astrobiology Ethics Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education Philosophy of the Social Sciences Personality and Social Psychology |
ISBN | 3-319-09567-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Cold Equations: Extraterrestrial Liberty in Science Fiction -- Fear of Freedom: the Legacy of Arendt and Ballard’s Space Skepticism -- Freedom in a Box: Paradoxes in the Structure of Extraterrestrial Liberty -- Fairness as a Moral Grounding for Space Policy -- Space: John Locke's Ultimate Triumph -- Extraterrestrial Liberty and Creative Practice: a Firsthand Experience of an Imagined Future -- Elsewhere, Liberty -- The fate of Freedom of a Space Exploration Mission Encountering Life and the Liberty of the “Encountered” Extra-terrestrial Beings -- Astronaut Health: Planetary Exploration and the Limitations on Freedom -- Outrunning the Law: Extraterrestrial Liberty and Universal Colonisation -- The Lethality of Interplanetary Warfare: A Fundamental Constraint on Extraterrestrial Liberty -- Interplanetary Federalism: Maximising the Chances of Extraterrestrial Peace, Diversity and Liberty -- Liberty, Freedom and Democracy: Paradox for an Extraterrestrial Society -- Human Space Colonies: Towards a Governance Architecture -- Education and liberty in space. |
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Microbial Ecosystems in Central Andes Extreme Environments : Biofilms, Microbial Mats, Microbialites and Endoevaporites / / edited by María Eugenia Farías |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
Disciplina | 578.758 |
Soggetto topico |
Microbial ecology
Ecosystems Astrobiology Nature conservation Environmental education Microbial Ecology Nature Conservation Environmental and Sustainability Education Ecologia microbiana Ecosistemes |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-36192-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Section I - General considerations -- Chap 1 - Introduction Maria Eugenia Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 2 - Origin and evolution of the central Andes: deserts, salars lakes and volcanoes R.Alonso (U. Nacional de Salta, Argentina) and W. Rojas (Eramine Sudámerica S.A., Argentina) -- Chap 3 - Modern microbilies mats and endovaporite system in Andean lakes: a general approach Maria Eugenia Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Section II - Preandean and andean atacam desert: life at limits -- Chap 4 - Desert polyextreme environment and lithobiontic habitats J. Wierzchos, C. Ascaso, O. Artieda and M.C. Casero (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain) -- Chap 5 - Desert microbiology J. Di Ruggiero (Johns Hopkins University, USA) and M.C. Casero (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain) -- Chap 6 - Desert biosignatures P. Vitek (The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic) and J. Wierzchos (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain) -- Chap 7 - Microbial characterization of Andean Vega's soil C. Belfiore, M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) and M. Contreras (Centro de Ecología Aplicada, Chile) -- Section III - Life in Andean Volcanoes and Fumaroles -- Chap 8 - Limits to microbial life at the altitudinal and dry extremes for life on Earth at Llullaillaco and Socompa Volcacones S. Scmidt and P. Sowell (University of Colorado, USA) -- Chap 9 - The biogeochemistry of microorganisms in the geothermal features of El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile K.D. Myers (Columbia University, USA), A.S. Angel (University of Tennessee, USA) and P.C. Bennett (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) -- Chap 10 - The unique holoarchea dominated biofilms associated Diamante Lake inside Galan Volcanoes Microbialites N. Rascova (Aix Marseille Université, France) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Section IV - Endoevaporites and Mats in Salars and Wetlands -- Chap 11 - Endoevaporites dominated by Arquea at Laguna Tebenquiche M.C. Rasuk (LIMLA, Argentina), Pieter V. (University of Connecticut, USA), A.B. Fernández (University of Sevilla, Spain) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 12 - Rare microbial biosphere in Salar de Huasco: hyperdiversity in polyextreme aquatic ecosystem C. Dorador, N. Miranda, V. Ávalos (Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile), V. Molina (Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile) and M. Hengst (Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile) -- Chap 13 - Microbiome of evaporites and microbial mats in the Salar de Llamara, Atacama desert M. Rasuk and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 14 - Microbial diversity in athalassohaline Argentinean salterns M.R. Mora-Ruiz and R. Rosselló-Móra (Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Spain) -- Section V - Microbialites at lakes -- Chap 15 - Physicochemical and microbiological processes in carbonate precipitation in hypersaline lakes: the laguna Negra case F.J. Gomez (Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Terra, Argentina), L.C. Kah (University of Tennessee, USA), C. Mlewski, F.J. Boidi (Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Terra, Argentina) and E. Gerard (Université Paris Diderot, France) -- Chap 16 - Microbialites Laguna Socompa V. Albarracin and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 17 - Microbialites oncolites and mats at Laguna La Brava P. Visscher (University of Connecticut, USA), M. Contreras (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Chile) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 18 - Modern microbiolites of Pozo Bravo lake, Salas de Antofalla, Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca A.I. Lencina, M.N. Soria (PROIMI, Argentina), R. Palma (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Section VI - Extremolites: microbes surviving in Andean microbial ecosystems -- Chap 19 - Light sensing and mechanisms of adaptation to high solar irradiation V.H. Albarracín, M. Gorriti, L. Portero, F. Zannier (PROIMI, Argentina), W. Gärtner (Max Planck Institute, Germany) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 20 - Linear megaplasmids spreading the Andean Resistome M.F. Perez and J.R. Dib (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 21 - Arsenic: Not as bad as it sounds Visscher (University of Connecticut, USA), Gallagher, Contreras (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Chile), Farias (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina), Philippot (Univesité Paris Diderot, France), Sancho-Tomas and Somogyi (Synchroton Soleil, France) -- Section VII - Prospecting and protecting singular ecosystems -- Chap 22 - Conservation of extremophile communities in complex ecosystems M. Contreras (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Chile) -- Chap 23 - Integral prospection of Andean Microbial Ecosystem Project M.E Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Index -- . |
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Mysteries of Mars / / by Fabio Vittorio De Blasio |
Autore | De Blasio Fabio Vittorio |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Praxis, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
Disciplina | 523.43 |
Collana | Popular Astronomy |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Planetary science Planetology Space sciences Astrobiology Earth Geology Popular Science in Astronomy Planetary Sciences Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Popular Earth Science |
ISBN | 3-319-74784-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Mars through the millennia -- Mars as a heavenly warrior -- Mars with its odd orbit enters science -- Schiaparelli, Lowell, and the Martians -- Martian engineers or Martian lichens? -- Mars as seen by Mariners and Vikings -- A long interval and the return to Mars -- Technical box: Sending a spacecraft to Mars -- Mars in its orbit -- The big disappointment -- The rocks of the Martian surface -- The final answer -- Part II: history and geography of Mars -- The geography of Mars, shortly -- The interior of Mars -- Mystery No. 1. Why has Mars no magnetic field ? -- Ancient Mars: the Noachian period -- Mystery No. 2: Has Mars ever had a plate tectonics ? -- A tour on Noachian terrains of Mars: Noachis Terra -- The middle period: the Hesperian -- A tour on the Hesperian outflow channels -- The last period: the Amazonian -- Geological formations of Mars -- Part III: Processes at the surface of Mars -- Martian mountains -- The northern lowlands -- Mystery No. 3: What is the origin of the global dichotomy, which divides so sharply the North from the South of Mars? -- The giant impact basins on Mars -- Technical box: Impact cratering on Earth and Mars -- Valles Marineris -- Mistery No. 4: How were the Valles Marineris formed? -- The volcanoes of Mars -- Technical: Volcanic eruptions on Earth and Mars -- Mystery No. 5: Enigmatic mountains and mysterious geological formations (the strange arc of Acheron, the halos of Olympus Mons, Vastitas Borealis and Medusae Fossae formations) -- Part IV: an exhibition of martian images -- Fractures -- Ice-related landforms -- Technical box: Optical images, infrared, radar maps. How data are acquired from remote sensing -- Catastrophic landslides -- Mystery No. 6: Great Ice age on Mars ? -- Morphologies due to wind -- Morphologies due to water -- Mystery No. 7: Was there an ocean on Mars? -- Breathtaking views -- Mystery No. 8: The enigmatic outflow channels -- Part V: The atmosphere, climate and life on Mars -- The atmosphere of Mars -- Dust devils -- The atmosphere of Mars -- The ice caps -- Mystery No. 9: How has the atmosphere of Mars changed? And what happened to the once abundant water ? -- The search for life on Mars -- Martian meteorites -- Mystery No. 10: Is there or was there life on Mars ? -- Ancient civilization on Mars ? -- Upcoming missions to Mars -- How to get to Mars and back -- Colonize Mars ? -- Terraforming -- Technical appendices -- Martian data -- Planitiae, Fossae, Terrae: Nomenclature of planetary geology -- Missions to: past, current, future. |
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De Blasio Fabio Vittorio
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The Mystery of the Seven Spheres : How Homo sapiens will Conquer Space / / by Giovanni F. Bignami |
Autore | Bignami Giovanni F |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (116 p.) |
Disciplina |
500.5
509 520 576.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
History Space sciences Evolutionary biology Astrobiology Popular Science in Astronomy History of Science Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Evolutionary Biology |
ISBN | 3-319-17004-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Our Earth, our Oceans, the Sky, the Moon -- Mars, Planets, Stars -- Coda. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300435603321 |
Bignami Giovanni F
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The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive / / by David S. Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 456 p. 70 illus., 69 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrobiology Evolutionary biology Planetology Popular Science in Astronomy Evolutionary Biology |
ISBN | 3-319-52911-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Chapter 1 – What is Life? -- Chapter 2 – Life’s Grand Themes -- Chapter 3 – The Origin of Life on Earth -- Chapter 4 – Life as the Evolution of Information -- Chapter 5 – Life Jim, But Not as We Know It -- Chapter 6 - Extinction -- Chapter 7- Agents of Mass Destruction -- Chapter 8 - Ultimately, Can Life Survive? -- Chapter 9 - A Thesis on Life, the Universe and Almost Everything Else -- Glossary -- Index. |
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Stevenson David S
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Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy [[electronic resource] ] : Life, Earth, and Beyond / / edited by Axel Kleidon, Ralph D. Lorenz |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2005.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XX, 264 p.) |
Disciplina | 536/.73 |
Collana | Understanding Complex Systems |
Soggetto topico |
Geobiology
Geophysics Atmospheric sciences Statistical physics Dynamical systems Thermodynamics Astrobiology Biogeosciences Geophysics/Geodesy Atmospheric Sciences Complex Systems |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-39196-4
9786611391966 3-540-32359-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Entropy Production by Earth System Processes -- Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in an Energy-Rich Universe -- Stumbling Into the MEP Racket: An Historical Perspective -- Maximum Entropy Production and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics -- Using Ecology to Quantify Organization in Fluid Flows -- Cosmological and Biological Reproducibility: Limits on the Maximum Entropy Production Principle -- Entropy Production in Turbulent Mixing -- Entropy Production of Atmospheric Heat Transport -- Water Vapor and Entropy Production in the Earth's Atmosphere -- Thermodynamics of the Ocean Circulation: A Global Perspective on the Ocean System and Living Systems -- Entropy and the Shaping of the Landscape by Water -- Entropy Production in the Planetary Context -- The Free-Energy Transduction and Entropy Production in Initial Photosynthetic Reactions -- Biotic Entropy Production and Global Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions -- Coupled Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere and Biosphere -- Temperature, Biogenesis and Biospheric Self-Organization -- Entropy and Gaia: Is there a Link Between MEP and Self-Regulation in the Climate System?- Insights from Thermodynamics for the Analysis of Economic Processes. |
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