The Biosphere / / edited by Natarajan Ishwaran |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : InTech, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Soggetto topico | Biosphere |
ISBN | 953-51-5239-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137684703321 |
[Place of publication not identified] : , : InTech, , 2012 | ||
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Biosphere origin and evolution [[electronic resource] /] / Nikolay Dobretsov ... [et al.], editors |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Dobret͡sovNikolaĭ Leontʹevich |
Soggetto topico |
Biosphere
Life - Origin Evolution (Biology) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-13977-7
9786611139773 0-387-68656-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Problems of biosphere evolution and origin of life -- pt. II. Prebiological stages of evolution and RNA world on the earth and in the space -- pt. III. Archaen-proterozoic ecosystems : their interaction and contemporary analogous -- pt. IV. Coevolution of geological and biological events in phanerozoe -- pt. V. Ecosystems and molecular genetic factors of organism evolution -- pt. VI. Biosphere and human being. |
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New York, : Springer, 2008 | ||
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Biosphere origin and evolution [[electronic resource] /] / Nikolay Dobretsov ... [et al.], editors |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Dobret͡sovNikolaĭ Leontʹevich |
Soggetto topico |
Biosphere
Life - Origin Evolution (Biology) |
ISBN |
1-281-13977-7
9786611139773 0-387-68656-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Problems of biosphere evolution and origin of life -- pt. II. Prebiological stages of evolution and RNA world on the earth and in the space -- pt. III. Archaen-proterozoic ecosystems : their interaction and contemporary analogous -- pt. IV. Coevolution of geological and biological events in phanerozoe -- pt. V. Ecosystems and molecular genetic factors of organism evolution -- pt. VI. Biosphere and human being. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782094703321 |
New York, : Springer, 2008 | ||
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BOREAS TGB-8 monoterpene concentration data over the SSA-OBS / / Manuel Lerdau |
Autore | Lerdau Manuel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Greenbelt, Maryland : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, , November 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (15 pages) |
Collana |
Technical report series on the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS)
NASA/TM |
Soggetto topico |
Atmospheric chemistry
Biosphere Exhaust emission Exhaust gases Hydrocarbons |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Boreal ecosystem atmosphere study trace gas biogeochemistry 8 monoterpene concentration data over the Southern Study Area Old Black Spruce |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910695536603321 |
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Greenbelt, Maryland : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, , November 2000 | ||
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Darwin's pharmacy [[electronic resource] ] : sex, plants, and the evolution of the noosphere / / Richard M. Doyle |
Autore | Doyle Richard <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, Wash., : University of Washington Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 570.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Gaia hypothesis Biosphere Hallucinogenic plants - Psychic aspects Hallucinogenic drugs - Psychological aspects Consciousness Sexual selection in animals Rhetoric - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-80300-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Glimpsing the Peacock Angel""; ""1 The Flowers of Perception: Trip Reports, Stigmergy, and the Nth Person Plural""; ""2 Rhetorical Mycelium: Psychedelics as Eloquence Adjuncts?""; ""3 Rhetorical Adjuncts and the Evolution of Rhetoric: Darwin's Impassioned Speech""; ""4 LSDNA: Creative Problem Solving, Consciousness Expansion, and the Emergence of Biotechnolog""; ""5 Hyperbolic: Divining Ayahuasca""; ""6 The Transgenic Involution""; ""7 From Zero to One: Metaprogramming Noise, with Special Reference to Plant Intelligence""
""Epilogue: In Darwin's Dreams""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
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Seattle, Wash., : University of Washington Press, c2011 | ||
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Darwin's pharmacy [[electronic resource] ] : sex, plants, and the evolution of the noosphere / / Richard M. Doyle |
Autore | Doyle Richard <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, Wash., : University of Washington Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 570.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Gaia hypothesis Biosphere Hallucinogenic plants - Psychic aspects Hallucinogenic drugs - Psychological aspects Consciousness Sexual selection in animals Rhetoric - Philosophy |
ISBN | 0-295-80300-2 |
Classificazione | SCI027000SCI029000LAN015000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Glimpsing the Peacock Angel""; ""1 The Flowers of Perception: Trip Reports, Stigmergy, and the Nth Person Plural""; ""2 Rhetorical Mycelium: Psychedelics as Eloquence Adjuncts?""; ""3 Rhetorical Adjuncts and the Evolution of Rhetoric: Darwin's Impassioned Speech""; ""4 LSDNA: Creative Problem Solving, Consciousness Expansion, and the Emergence of Biotechnolog""; ""5 Hyperbolic: Divining Ayahuasca""; ""6 The Transgenic Involution""; ""7 From Zero to One: Metaprogramming Noise, with Special Reference to Plant Intelligence""
""Epilogue: In Darwin's Dreams""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
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Doyle Richard <1963->
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Ecosystem services and carbon sequestration in the biosphere / / Rattan Lal ...[et. al.], editors |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht, : Springer Science, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 464 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Disciplina | 631.41 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BisotraRattan Lal <1945-> |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Biotic communities
Biosphere |
ISBN | 94-007-6455-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- 1 Societal Dependence on Soil’s Ecosystem Services -- 2 Soils and Ecosystem Services -- 3 Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration -- 4 Food Security Through Better Soil Carbon Management -- 5 Soil Carbon and Water Security -- 6 Forests, Carbon Pool and Timber Production -- 7 Ecosystem Carbon and Soil Biodiversity -- 8 Ecosystem Services and the Global Carbon Cycle -- 9 Losses of Soil Carbon to the Atmosphere via Inland Surface Waters -- 10 Why Pests and Disease Regulation Should Concern Mankind -- 11 Natural Hazards Mitigation Services of Carbon-Rich Ecosystems -- 12 Safeguarding Regulating and Cultural Ecosystem Services: Degradation and Conservation Status -- 13 Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production, Stocks and Flows of Carbon, and Biodiversity -- 14 Soil Carbon and Biofuels -- 15 Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services -- 16 The Human Dimensions of Environmental Degradation and Ecosystem Services: Understanding and Solving the Commons Dilemma -- 17 Soil Organic Carbon, Soil Formation and Soil Fertility -- 18 Managing Soil Organic Carbon for Advancing Food Security and Strengthening Ecosystem Services in China. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437832503321 |
Dordrecht, : Springer Science, c2013 | ||
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Fundamentals of geobiology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew H. Knoll, Don E. Canfield & Kurt O. Konhauser |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
Disciplina |
551
577 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KnollAndrew H
CanfieldDonald E KonhauserKurt |
Soggetto topico |
Geobiology
Biosphere |
ISBN |
1-118-28087-3
1-280-59913-8 9786613628961 1-118-28086-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOBIOLOGY; Contents; Contributors; 1. What is Geobiology?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Life interacting with the Earth; 1.3 Pattern and process in geobiology; 1.4 New horizons in geobiology; References; 2. The Global Carbon Cycle: Biological Processes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A brief primer on redox reactions; 2.3 Carbon as a substrate for biological reactions; 2.4 The evolution of photosynthesis; 2.5 The evolution of oxygenic phototrophs; 2.6 Net primary production; 2.7 What limits NPP on land and in the ocean?; 2.8 Is NPP in balance with respiration?; 2.9 Conclusions and extensions
References3. The Global Carbon Cycle: Geological Processes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Organic carbon cycling; 3.3 Carbonate cycling; 3.4 Mantle degassing; 3.5 Metamorphism; 3.6 Silicate weathering; 3.7 Feedbacks; 3.8 Balancing the geological carbon cycle; 3.9 Evolution of the geological carbon cycle through Earth's history: proxies and models; 3.10 The geological C cycle through time; 3.11 Limitations and perspectives; References; 4. The Global Nitrogen Cycle; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Geological nitrogen cycle; 4.3 Components of the global nitrogen cycle; 4.4 Nitrogen redox chemistry 4.5 Biological reactions of the nitrogen cycle4.6 Atmospheric nitrogen chemistry; 4.7 Summary and areas for future research; References; 5. The Global Sulfur Cycle; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The global sulfur cycle from two perspectives; 5.3 The evolution of S metabolisms; 5.4 The interaction of S with other biogeochemical cycles; 5.5 The evolution of the S cycle; 5.6 Closing remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 6. The Global Iron Cycle; 6.1 Overview; 6.2 The inorganic geochemistry of iron: redox and reservoirs; 6.3 Iron in modern biology and biogeochemical cycles; 6.4 Iron through time 6.5 SummaryAcknowledgements; References; 7. The Global Oxygen Cycle; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The chemistry and biochemistry of oxygen; 7.3 The concept of redox balance; 7.4 The modern O2 cycle; 7.5 Cycling of O2 and H2 on the early Earth; 7.6 Synthesis: speculations about the timing and cause of the rise of atmospheric O2; References; 8. Bacterial Biomineralization; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Mineral nucleation and growth; 8.3 How bacteria facilitate biomineralization; 8.4 Iron oxyhydroxides; 8.5 Calcium carbonates; Acknowledgements; References; 9. Mineral-Organic-Microbe Interfacial Chemistry 9.1 Introduction9.2 The mineral surface (and mineral-bio interface) and techniques for its study; 9.3 Mineral-organic-microbe interfacial processes: some key examples; Acknowledgements; References; 10. Eukaryotic Skeletal Formation; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Mineralization by unicellular organisms; 10.3 Mineralization by multicellular organisms; 10.4 A brief history of skeletons; 10.5 Summary; Acknowledgements; References; 11. Plants and Animals as Geobiological Agents; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Land plants as geobiological agents; 11.3 Animals as geobiological agents; 11.4 Conclusions Acknowledgements |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910208824303321 |
Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2012 | ||
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Fundamentals of geobiology / / edited by Andrew H. Knoll, Don E. Canfield & Kurt O. Konhauser |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KnollAndrew H
CanfieldDonald E KonhauserKurt |
Soggetto topico |
Geobiology
Biosphere |
ISBN |
1-118-28087-3
1-280-59913-8 9786613628961 1-118-28086-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOBIOLOGY; Contents; Contributors; 1. What is Geobiology?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Life interacting with the Earth; 1.3 Pattern and process in geobiology; 1.4 New horizons in geobiology; References; 2. The Global Carbon Cycle: Biological Processes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A brief primer on redox reactions; 2.3 Carbon as a substrate for biological reactions; 2.4 The evolution of photosynthesis; 2.5 The evolution of oxygenic phototrophs; 2.6 Net primary production; 2.7 What limits NPP on land and in the ocean?; 2.8 Is NPP in balance with respiration?; 2.9 Conclusions and extensions
References3. The Global Carbon Cycle: Geological Processes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Organic carbon cycling; 3.3 Carbonate cycling; 3.4 Mantle degassing; 3.5 Metamorphism; 3.6 Silicate weathering; 3.7 Feedbacks; 3.8 Balancing the geological carbon cycle; 3.9 Evolution of the geological carbon cycle through Earth's history: proxies and models; 3.10 The geological C cycle through time; 3.11 Limitations and perspectives; References; 4. The Global Nitrogen Cycle; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Geological nitrogen cycle; 4.3 Components of the global nitrogen cycle; 4.4 Nitrogen redox chemistry 4.5 Biological reactions of the nitrogen cycle4.6 Atmospheric nitrogen chemistry; 4.7 Summary and areas for future research; References; 5. The Global Sulfur Cycle; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The global sulfur cycle from two perspectives; 5.3 The evolution of S metabolisms; 5.4 The interaction of S with other biogeochemical cycles; 5.5 The evolution of the S cycle; 5.6 Closing remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 6. The Global Iron Cycle; 6.1 Overview; 6.2 The inorganic geochemistry of iron: redox and reservoirs; 6.3 Iron in modern biology and biogeochemical cycles; 6.4 Iron through time 6.5 SummaryAcknowledgements; References; 7. The Global Oxygen Cycle; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The chemistry and biochemistry of oxygen; 7.3 The concept of redox balance; 7.4 The modern O2 cycle; 7.5 Cycling of O2 and H2 on the early Earth; 7.6 Synthesis: speculations about the timing and cause of the rise of atmospheric O2; References; 8. Bacterial Biomineralization; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Mineral nucleation and growth; 8.3 How bacteria facilitate biomineralization; 8.4 Iron oxyhydroxides; 8.5 Calcium carbonates; Acknowledgements; References; 9. Mineral-Organic-Microbe Interfacial Chemistry 9.1 Introduction9.2 The mineral surface (and mineral-bio interface) and techniques for its study; 9.3 Mineral-organic-microbe interfacial processes: some key examples; Acknowledgements; References; 10. Eukaryotic Skeletal Formation; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Mineralization by unicellular organisms; 10.3 Mineralization by multicellular organisms; 10.4 A brief history of skeletons; 10.5 Summary; Acknowledgements; References; 11. Plants and Animals as Geobiological Agents; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Land plants as geobiological agents; 11.3 Animals as geobiological agents; 11.4 Conclusions Acknowledgements |
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Gaia [[electronic resource] ] : A New Look at Life on Earth |
Autore | Lovelock James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.72
577 |
Soggetto topico |
Biology -- Philosophy
Biosphere Gaia hypothesis Biosphere - Philosophy Biology Health & Biological Sciences Biology - General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introductory; 2 In the beginning; 3 The recognition of Gaia; 4 Cybernetics; 5 The contemporary atmosphere; 6 The sea; 7 Gaia and Man: the problem of pollution; 8 Living within Gaia; 9 Epilogue; Definitions and explanations of terms; Further reading |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457544103321 |
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