Life, temperature, and the Earth - the self-organizing biosphere
Inbunden bok. 1999. 241 sidor.
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The idea that living things and the atmosphere, oceans, and soils comprise an interactive, self-regulating system-the Gaia concept-was first proposed nearly thirty years ago. Since then researchers have been seeking new connections between life and the global environment. David Schwartzman contributes to that search by examining how the Earth's biosphere regulates itself over geologic time. Emphasizing long-term geologic trends-not the short-term perturbations that have received so much media attention (e.g., the so-called greenhouse effect), the author presents and elucidates his theory of biospheric evolution. Life, Temperature, and the Earth updates and modifies important aspects of the Gaia hypothesis in light of geochemical, geophysical, mathematical, and paleontological data that were either ignored or unavailable at the time the hypothesis was developed. Schwartzman argues that the Earth's climatic temperature has been biologically regulated amidst the backdrop of variable volcanic outgassing and an evolving sun
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780231102124
- Titel
- Life, temperature, and the Earth - the self-organizing biosphere
- Författare
- Schwartzman, David
- Utgivningsår
- 1999
- Omfång
- 241 sidor
- Språk
- English
