Biogeochemistry : an analysis of global change / William H Schlesinger; Emily S Bernhardt
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- unmediated
- volume
- 9780123858740
- QH343.7 SCH
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QH324.2IGN Basic bioinformatics / | QH324.2 KRA Fundamental concepts of bioinformatics / | QH331 KAS Review guide for Biology : an everyday experience / | QH343.7 SCH Biogeochemistry : an analysis of global change / | QH343.7 SCH Biogeochemistry : an analysis of global change / | QH345 ESS Essays in biochemistry : mitochondrial function / | QH345 WEI General Biochemistry / |
Includes index
Includes bibliography
For the past 4 billion years, the chemistry of the Earth's surface, where all life exists, has changed remarkably. Historically, these changes have occurred slowly enough to allow life to adapt and evolve. In more recent times, the chemistry of the Earth is being altered at a staggering rate, fueled by industrialization and an ever-growing human population. Human activities, from the rapid consumption of resources to the destruction of the rain forests and the expansion of smog-covered cities, are all leading to rapid changes in the basic chemistry of the Earth. This book considers the effects of life on the Earth's chemistry on a global level. This text employs current technology to help students extrapolate small-scale examples to the global level, and also discusses the instrumentation being used by NASA and its role in studies of global change. With the Earth's changing chemistry as the focus, this text pulls together the many disparate fields that are encompassed by the broad reach of biogeochemistry.
Introduction --
Origins --
The atmosphere --
The lithosphere --
The biosphere: the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems --
The biosphere: biogeochemical cycling on land --
Wetland ecosystems --
Inland waters --
The oceans --
The global water cycle --
The global carbon cycle --
The global cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus --
The global cycles of sulfur and mercury --
Perspectives.
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