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The earth as a cradle for life : the origin, evolution and future of the environment / Frank D. Stacey, Jane H. Hodgkinson, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Australia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stacey, F. D. (Frank D.)
- Hodgkinson, Jane H., author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth sciences--Textbooks.
- Earth sciences.
- Environmental sciences--Textbooks.
- Environmental sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2013.
- New Jersey : World Scientific, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Earth as a Cradle for Life aims to fill the gap between readers who have a strong and informed scientific interest in the environment (but no access to the journal literature), and their desire for a basic understanding of the environment. It provides a comprehensive account, and requires no advanced mathematical skills. It will also satisfy a need for a textbook on fundamental science for students in tertiary environmental science courses that may otherwise neglect the underlying basis of their subject. The Earth as a Cradle takes a step back from common perceptions of the environment, an
- Contents:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789814508346
- 9814508349
- OCLC:
- 852150944
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