Earth :: a tenant's manual /
"It's impossible to grasp the whole planet or integrate all the descriptions of it. But because we live here, we have to try. This is not just an artistic compulsion or an existential yearning, still less an academic exercise. It's a survival issue. This is the only planet we have. We...
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Zusammenfassung: | "It's impossible to grasp the whole planet or integrate all the descriptions of it. But because we live here, we have to try. This is not just an artistic compulsion or an existential yearning, still less an academic exercise. It's a survival issue. This is the only planet we have. We're stuck here, and we don't own the place-it would be the height of arrogance to assume that we do. We're tenants here, not owners, but we're tenants with hope for a long-term tenancy. We want to extend our lease just as far as we can."--Earth: A Tenant's ManualIn Earth: A Tenant's Manual, the distinguished geologist Frank H.T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible, and deeply informed guide to the home we all share, showing us how we might best preserve the Earth's livability for ourselves and future generations. Rhodes begins by setting the scene for our active planet and explaining how its location and composition determine how the Earth works and why it teems with life. He emphasizes the changes that are of concern to us today, from earthquakes to climate change and the clashes over the energy resources needed for the Earth's exploding population. He concludes with an extended exploration of humanity's prospects on a complex, protean, and ultimately finite world. It is not a question of whether the planet is sustainable; the challenge facing life on Earth-and the life of the Earth-is whether an expanding and high-consumption species like ours is sustainable. Only new resources, new priorities, new policies and, most of all, new knowledge, can reverse the damage that humanity is doing to our home-and ourselves. A sustainable human future, Rhodes concludes in this eloquent, sobering, but ultimately optimistic book, will require a sense of responsible stewardship, for we are not owners of this planet; we are tenants. Surveying the systems, large and small, that govern Earth's processes and influence its changes, Rhodes addresses the negative consequences of human activities for the health of its regulatory systems but offers practical suggestions as to how we might effect repairs, or at least limit further damage to our home. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 379 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0801466210 9780801466212 |
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spelling | Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50044852 Earth : a tenant's manual / Frank H.T. Rhodes. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (x, 379 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index. The third planet -- The home planet -- The rocky planet -- The blue planet -- The veiled planet -- The hazardous planet -- The ancient planet -- The bountiful planet -- The finite planet -- The singular planet -- The uninhabitable planet -- The living planet -- The warming planet -- The polluted planet -- The crowded planet -- The sustainable planet -- Water as sustenance -- Air as sustenance -- Soil as sustenance -- Food as sustenance -- Energy as sustenance -- Materials as sustenance -- Prospects for sustenance -- Policies for sustenance. Print version record. "It's impossible to grasp the whole planet or integrate all the descriptions of it. But because we live here, we have to try. This is not just an artistic compulsion or an existential yearning, still less an academic exercise. It's a survival issue. This is the only planet we have. We're stuck here, and we don't own the place-it would be the height of arrogance to assume that we do. We're tenants here, not owners, but we're tenants with hope for a long-term tenancy. We want to extend our lease just as far as we can."--Earth: A Tenant's ManualIn Earth: A Tenant's Manual, the distinguished geologist Frank H.T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible, and deeply informed guide to the home we all share, showing us how we might best preserve the Earth's livability for ourselves and future generations. Rhodes begins by setting the scene for our active planet and explaining how its location and composition determine how the Earth works and why it teems with life. He emphasizes the changes that are of concern to us today, from earthquakes to climate change and the clashes over the energy resources needed for the Earth's exploding population. He concludes with an extended exploration of humanity's prospects on a complex, protean, and ultimately finite world. It is not a question of whether the planet is sustainable; the challenge facing life on Earth-and the life of the Earth-is whether an expanding and high-consumption species like ours is sustainable. Only new resources, new priorities, new policies and, most of all, new knowledge, can reverse the damage that humanity is doing to our home-and ourselves. A sustainable human future, Rhodes concludes in this eloquent, sobering, but ultimately optimistic book, will require a sense of responsible stewardship, for we are not owners of this planet; we are tenants. Surveying the systems, large and small, that govern Earth's processes and influence its changes, Rhodes addresses the negative consequences of human activities for the health of its regulatory systems but offers practical suggestions as to how we might effect repairs, or at least limit further damage to our home. In English. Earth (Planet) Popular works. Earth sciences Popular works. Terre Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Sciences de la terre Ouvrages de vulgarisation. SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh SCIENCE Earth Sciences General. bisacsh SCIENCE Physics Geophysics. bisacsh Earth sciences fast Earth (Planet) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJB8v443pPTqgvXgPkBtrq Electronic books. Popular works fast has work: Earth (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFBQ9j3DfKXbgjpFyQMbHP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor. Earth. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012 9780801478239 0801478235 (DLC) 2012002190 (OCoLC)767566926 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=671576 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=671576 Volltext |
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