Autore |
Kump Lee R.
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Edizione | [Third, Pearson new international edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Harlow, Essex : , : Pearson, , [2014]
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (467 pages) : illustrations
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Disciplina |
550
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Collana |
Pearson custom library
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Soggetto topico |
Earth sciences
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ISBN |
1-292-03486-6
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- 1. Global Change -- 2. Daisyworld: An Introduction to Systems -- 3. Global Energy Balance: The Greenhouse Effect -- 4. The Atmospheric Circulation System -- 5. The Circulation of the Oceans -- 6. The Cryosphere -- 7. Circulation of the Solid Earth: Plate Tectonics -- 8. Recycling of the Elements: Carbon and Nutrient Cycles -- 9. Focus on the Biota: Metabolism, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity -- 10. Origin of Earth and of Life -- 11. Effect of Life on the Atmosphere: The Rise of Oxygen and Ozone -- 12. Long-Term Climate Regulation -- 13. Biodiversity through Earth History -- 14. Pleistocene Glaciations -- 15. Global Warming: Recent and Future Climate -- 16. Global Warming: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation -- 17. Ozone Depletion -- 18. Climate Stability on Earth and Earthlike Planets -- 19. Human Threats to Biodiversity -- Appendix: Units and Unit Conversions -- Appendix: Temperature Conversions -- Appendix: Periodic Table -- Index.
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153126103321 |