The earth as a cradle for life:
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Main Author: Stacey, F. D., (Frank D.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Jersey World Scientific [2013]
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
"The age of the earth as an abode fitted for life" (Lord Kelvin, 1899) -- Rotation, tides and the moon -- The variable sun and other astronomical effects -- The magnetic field -- Internal heat and the evolution of the earth -- The oceans -- Planetary atmospheres and the appearance of free oxygen -- Thermal balance, the greenhouse effect, and sea level -- Environmental crises and mass extinctions of species -- Stability of the environment -- Inorganic mineral deposits as products of an evolving environment -- Fossil fuels, buried carbon and photosynthetic oxygen -- Effects of fossil fuel use -- A comparison of human energy use with natural dissipations -- The cradle is rocking -- A summary of salient conclusions
This book takes a long-term view of Earth's development as a habitable planet, incorporating physical, chemical and biological processes on the early Earth, through to human perturbations of the modern world and their implications for life in the future
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (pages cm.)
ISBN:1299713726
9781299713727
9789814508322
9789814508346
9814508322
9814508349

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