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The earth's biosphere [electronic resource] : evolution, dynamics, and change / Vaclav Smil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 346 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9780262283823 (electronic bk.)
  • 0262283824 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Earth's biosphere.DDC classification:
  • 577 21
LOC classification:
  • QH343.4 .S655 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Evolution of the idea : from Vernadsky to a science of the global environment -- 2. Life in the universe : attributes, constraints, and probabilities -- 3. Life's diversity and resilience : metabolisms, species, catastrophes -- 4. Energizing the biosphere : solar radiation and the Earth's heat -- 5. Water and material flows : biospheric cycles -- 6. The biosphere's extent : the moveable boundaries -- 7. The biosphere's mass and productivity : quantifying life's presence and performance -- 8. The biosphere's dynamics and organization : fundamental rules and grand patterns -- 9. Civilization and the biosphere : the Earth transformed by human action -- 10. Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-328) and index.

1. Evolution of the idea : from Vernadsky to a science of the global environment -- 2. Life in the universe : attributes, constraints, and probabilities -- 3. Life's diversity and resilience : metabolisms, species, catastrophes -- 4. Energizing the biosphere : solar radiation and the Earth's heat -- 5. Water and material flows : biospheric cycles -- 6. The biosphere's extent : the moveable boundaries -- 7. The biosphere's mass and productivity : quantifying life's presence and performance -- 8. The biosphere's dynamics and organization : fundamental rules and grand patterns -- 9. Civilization and the biosphere : the Earth transformed by human action -- 10. Epilogue.

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