Earth system science : a very short introduction / Tim Lenton.

By:

Lenton, Tim (Timothy Michael), 1973-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Very short introductions ; n.464 | Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.Description: xiv, 153 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780198718871
019871887X

Uniform titles:

Very Short Introduction
Very short introductions.

Subject(s):

Ciencias de la Tierra

DDC classification:

LOC classification:

R AC 5 V573

Contents:

1. Home 2. Recycling 3. Regulation 4. Revolutions 5. Anthropocene 6. Projection 7. Sustainability 8. Generalisation References Index

Summary: The concept of the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, soil, and rocks operating as a closely interacting system has rapidly gained ground in science. This new field, involving geographers, geologists, biologists, oceanographers, and atmospheric physicists, is known as Earth system science. This introductory text considers how a world in which humans could evolve was created; how, as a species, we are now reshaping that world; and what a sustainable future for humanity within the Earth system might look like. Drawing on elements of geology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics, it also asks whether Earth system science can help guide us onto a sustainable course before we alter the Earth system to the point where we destroy ourselves and our current civilisation.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and index.

1. Home
2. Recycling
3. Regulation
4. Revolutions
5. Anthropocene
6. Projection
7. Sustainability
8. Generalisation
References
Index

The concept of the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, soil, and rocks operating as a closely interacting system has rapidly gained ground in science. This new field, involving geographers, geologists, biologists, oceanographers, and atmospheric physicists, is known as Earth system science. This introductory text considers how a world in which humans could evolve was created; how, as a species, we are now reshaping that world; and what a sustainable future for humanity within the Earth system might look like. Drawing on elements of geology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics, it also asks whether Earth system science can help guide us onto a sustainable course before we alter the Earth system to the point where we destroy ourselves and our current civilisation.

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