Title:
Earth system science : a very short introduction / Tim Lenton.
Author:
Lenton, Tim (Timothy), author.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Call Number:
QE26.3 .L46 2016
Abstract:
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.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1617/2015952193-t.htmlContributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1617/2015952193-b.html
Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1617/2015952193-d.html
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198718871
Series:
Very short introductions
Very short introductions ; 464.
Physical Description:
xiv, 153 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Home -- Recycling -- Regulation -- Revolutions -- Anthropocene -- Projection -- Sustainability -- Generalization.
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