Andrew Yoram Glikson
Springer Nature Switzerland
e druk, 2023
9783031237089
The Trials of Gaia
Milestones in the Evolution of Earth with Reference to the Anthropocene
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Springer Nature Switzerland |
e druk, 2023
ISBN13: 9783031237089
Rubricering
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Samenvatting
This books presents a documentation and resulting perspectives regarding James Lovelock's multidisciplinary evolution theory. It looks at past and current climate changes and their consequences, including detailed accounts of the global warming. The connection between climate trajectories and extreme weather events, including tropical and arctic fronts, cyclones, fire storms, tropical storms, acidification, tsunami, floods, sea level rise, are referred to in connection with recent developments. The book updates earlier accounts regarding extreme weather events and mass extinctions.
The book “The Trials of Gaia” is published in honour of the late Professor James Lovelock (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022), the father of the Gaia theory.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783031237089
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Springer Nature Switzerland
Inhoudsopgave
The Living Planet.- The dawn of Gaia.- The early Earth crust (4.0-2.6 Ga).- Early life.- Ica ages and atmospheric oxygenation.- The Ediacaran and Cambrian “explosion” of life.- Phanerozoic mass extinctions.- The Holocene.- The Anthropogenic catastrophe.- A burning planet.- Paleoclimate implications.- Climate zones shifts, ice melt and stadial cooling.- Future climate projections.- The nuclear nightmare.<br>