Harvesting the biosphere :: what we have taken from nature /
The biosphere - the Earth's thin layer of life - dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The biosphere - the Earth's thin layer of life - dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a scale as Homo sapiens. In this book, the author offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistory to the twenty-first century. The author examines all harvests - from prehistoric man's hunting of megafauna to modern crop production - and all uses of harvested biomass, including energy, food, and raw materials. Without harvesting of the biomass, the author points out, there would be no story of human evolution and advancing civilization; but at the same time, the increasing extent and intensity of contemporary biomass harvests are changing the very foundations of civilization's well-being. In this detailed and comprehensive account, the author presents the best possible quantifications of past and current global losses in order to assess the evolution and extent of biomass harvests. Drawing on work in disciplines ranging from anthropology to environmental science, this book offers a long-term, planet-wide perspective on human-caused environmental change. -- Jacket. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| contents | The earth's biomass : stores, productivity, harvests. Biomass : definitions and compositions ; Biomass stores : means and extremes ; Biomass productivities ; Phytomass harvests ; Zoomass harvests ; Land cover and productivity changes -- History of the harvests : from foraging to globalization. The evolution of foraging ; Crops and animals ; Biomass fuels and raw materials -- Adding up the claims : harvests, losses, and trends. Changing land cover and land use ; Harvesting the biosphere ; Long-term trends and possible worlds. |
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| spelling | Smil, Vaclav, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82053006 Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / Vaclav Smil. Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rdaft Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. The earth's biomass : stores, productivity, harvests. Biomass : definitions and compositions ; Biomass stores : means and extremes ; Biomass productivities ; Phytomass harvests ; Zoomass harvests ; Land cover and productivity changes -- History of the harvests : from foraging to globalization. The evolution of foraging ; Crops and animals ; Biomass fuels and raw materials -- Adding up the claims : harvests, losses, and trends. Changing land cover and land use ; Harvesting the biosphere ; Long-term trends and possible worlds. The biosphere - the Earth's thin layer of life - dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a scale as Homo sapiens. In this book, the author offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistory to the twenty-first century. The author examines all harvests - from prehistoric man's hunting of megafauna to modern crop production - and all uses of harvested biomass, including energy, food, and raw materials. Without harvesting of the biomass, the author points out, there would be no story of human evolution and advancing civilization; but at the same time, the increasing extent and intensity of contemporary biomass harvests are changing the very foundations of civilization's well-being. In this detailed and comprehensive account, the author presents the best possible quantifications of past and current global losses in order to assess the evolution and extent of biomass harvests. Drawing on work in disciplines ranging from anthropology to environmental science, this book offers a long-term, planet-wide perspective on human-caused environmental change. -- Jacket. English. Biomass. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000612 Biosphere. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014261 Natural resources Accounting. Environmental auditing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044167 Earth (Planet) Surface. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040450 Biomasse. Biosphère. Ressources naturelles Comptabilité. Vérification environnementale. Terre Surface. NATURE Animals Wildlife. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Biological Diversity. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh Planets Surfaces fast Biomass fast Biosphere fast Environmental auditing fast Natural resources Accounting fast Earth (Planet) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJB8v443pPTqgvXgPkBtrq Anthropogener Einfluss gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4327906-5 Biomasse gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4006877-8 Biosphäre gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4140407-5 Umweltschaden gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4117286-3 ENVIRONMENT/General dissertations. aat Academic theses fast Academic theses. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026039 Thèses et écrits académiques. rvmgf has work: Harvesting the biosphere (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGrjfgC97FgB94td6xyMHd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: 9780262018562 026201856X (DLC) 2012021381 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=521326 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=521326 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Smil, Vaclav Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / The earth's biomass : stores, productivity, harvests. Biomass : definitions and compositions ; Biomass stores : means and extremes ; Biomass productivities ; Phytomass harvests ; Zoomass harvests ; Land cover and productivity changes -- History of the harvests : from foraging to globalization. The evolution of foraging ; Crops and animals ; Biomass fuels and raw materials -- Adding up the claims : harvests, losses, and trends. Changing land cover and land use ; Harvesting the biosphere ; Long-term trends and possible worlds. Biomass. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000612 Biosphere. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014261 Natural resources Accounting. Environmental auditing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044167 Biomasse. Biosphère. Ressources naturelles Comptabilité. Vérification environnementale. NATURE Animals Wildlife. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Biological Diversity. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh Planets Surfaces fast Biomass fast Biosphere fast Environmental auditing fast Natural resources Accounting fast Anthropogener Einfluss gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4327906-5 Biomasse gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4006877-8 Biosphäre gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4140407-5 Umweltschaden gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4117286-3 |
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| title | Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / |
| title_auth | Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / |
| title_exact_search | Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / |
| title_full | Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / Vaclav Smil. |
| title_fullStr | Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / Vaclav Smil. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / Vaclav Smil. |
| title_short | Harvesting the biosphere : |
| title_sort | harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature |
| title_sub | what we have taken from nature / |
| topic | Biomass. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000612 Biosphere. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014261 Natural resources Accounting. Environmental auditing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044167 Biomasse. Biosphère. Ressources naturelles Comptabilité. Vérification environnementale. NATURE Animals Wildlife. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Biological Diversity. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh Planets Surfaces fast Biomass fast Biosphere fast Environmental auditing fast Natural resources Accounting fast Anthropogener Einfluss gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4327906-5 Biomasse gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4006877-8 Biosphäre gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4140407-5 Umweltschaden gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4117286-3 |
| topic_facet | Biomass. Biosphere. Natural resources Accounting. Environmental auditing. Earth (Planet) Surface. Biomasse. Biosphère. Ressources naturelles Comptabilité. Vérification environnementale. Terre Surface. NATURE Animals Wildlife. SCIENCE Life Sciences Biological Diversity. SCIENCE Environmental Science. Planets Surfaces Biomass Biosphere Environmental auditing Natural resources Accounting Earth (Planet) Anthropogener Einfluss Biomasse Biosphäre Umweltschaden dissertations. Academic theses Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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