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Earth system science : a very short introduction Tim Lenton

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016Description: 153 p. DiagrammeISBN:
  • 019871887X
  • 9780198718871
Uniform titles:
  • Earth system science
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 550
LOC classification:
  • QE26.3
Other classification:
  • 38.00
  • 38.95
  • RB 10844
  • RB 10050
  • geo | ggo
Online resources: 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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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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