Author: International Council for Science. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment Publisher: Scientific Committee on Proble ISBN: 9781559630665 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 0
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A scientific assessment of element interactions in the biosphere providing an up-to-date review of biogeochemistry and its effects on Earth's systems. Experts in biogeochemical cycling in atmospheric, land, freshwater and marine environments summarize and synthesize information in each discipline.
Author: Roland Wollast Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3642760643 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 518
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This book is a natural extension of the SCOPE (Scientific Committee of Problems on the Environment) volumes on the carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) biogeochemical cycles and their interactions (Likens, 1981; Bolin and Cook, 1983). Substantial progress in the knowledge of these cycles has been made since publication of those volumes. In particular, the nature and extent of biological and inorganic interactions between these cycles have been identified, positive and negative feedbacks recognized and the relationship between the cycles and global environmental change preliminarily elucidated. In March 1991, a NATO Advanced Research Workshop was held for one week in Melreux, Belgium to reexamine the biogeochemical cycles of C, N, P and S on a variety of time and space scales from a holistic point of view. This book is the result of that workshop. The biogeochemical cycles of C, N, P and S are intimately tied to each other through biological productivity and subsequently to problems of global environmental change. These problems may be the most challenging facing humanity in the 21 st century. In the broadest sense, "global change" encompasses both changes to the status of the large, globally connected atmospheric, oceanic and terrestrial environments (e. g. tropospheric temperature increase) and change occurring as the result of nearly simultaneous local changes in many regions of the world (e. g. eutrophication).
Author: Ernst-Detlef Schulze Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0080507409 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 373
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The interactions of biogeochemical cycles influence and maintain our climate system. Land use and fossil fuel emissions are currently impacting the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur on land, in the atmosphere, and in the oceans. This edited volume brings together 27 scholarly contributions on the state of our knowledge of earth system interactions among the oceans, land, and atmosphere. A unique feature of this treatment is the focus on the paleoclimatic and paleobiotic context for investigating these complex interrelationships. * Eight-page colour insert to highlight the latest research * A unique feature of this treatment is the focus on the paleoclimatic context for investigating these complex interrelationships.
Author: A. J. Dolman Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198779305 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 262
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This book describes the interaction of greenhouse gasses with the Earth System. It takes the perspective of the Earth as an integrated system and provides examples of both changes in our current climate and those in the geological past. The book gives a required elementary description of the physics of the earth system, the atmosphere and ocean.
Author: G.E. LIKENS (ed) Publisher: ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 200
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Biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur. Interactions between major biogeochemical cycles. Socio-economic impacts on biogeochemica cycles.
Author: Michael Jacobson Publisher: Academic Press ISBN: 0080530648 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 550
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Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested in the emerging scientific discipline.Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that has been rapidly developing over the last two decades. New information is included in this updated edition so that the text remains relevant. This volume contains five new chapters, but of special importance is the inclusion of an expanded set of student exercises.The two senior authors are leading scientists in their fields and have been awarded numerous prizes for their research efforts. * First edition was widely adopted* Authors are highly respected in their field* Global climate change, integral to the book, is now one of the most important issues in atmospheric sciences and oceanography
Author: Thibault Datry Publisher: Academic Press ISBN: 0128039043 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 624
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Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management takes an internationally broad approach, seeking to compare and contrast findings across multiple continents, climates, flow regimes, and land uses to provide a complete and integrated perspective on the ecology of these ecosystems. Coupled with this, users will find a discussion of management approaches applicable in different regions that are illustrated with relevant case studies. In a readable and technically accurate style, the book utilizes logically framed chapters authored by experts in the field, allowing managers and policymakers to readily grasp ecological concepts and their application to specific situations. Provides up-to-date reviews of research findings and management strategies using international examples Explores themes and parallels across diverse sub-disciplines in ecology and water resource management utilizing a multidisciplinary and integrative approach Reveals the relevance of this scientific understanding to managers and policymakers
Author: International Council for Science. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
Author: Bert Bolin
Author: Jerry M. Melillo
Author: B Bolin (Ed)
Author: Roland Wollast
Author: Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Author: A. J. Dolman
Author: G.E. LIKENS (ed)
Author: Michael Jacobson
Author: Thibault Datry