Earth S Biosphere
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The Earth S Biosphere
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Author : Vaclav Smil
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2003-08-11
The Earth S Biosphere written by Vaclav Smil and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-11 with Science categories.
A comprehensive overview of Earth's biosphere, written with scientific rigor and essay-like flair. In his latest book, Vaclav Smil tells the story of the Earth's biosphere from its origins to its near and long-term future. He explains the workings of its parts and what is known about their interactions. With essay-like flair, he examines the biosphere's physics, chemistry, biology, geology, oceanography, energy, climatology, and ecology, as well as the changes caused by human activity. He provides both the basics of the story and surprising asides illustrating critical but often neglected aspects of biospheric complexity. Smil begins with a history of the modern idea of the biosphere, focusing on the development of the concept by Russian scientist Vladimir Vernadsky. He explores the probability of life elsewhere in the universe, life's evolution and metabolism, and the biosphere's extent, mass, productivity, and grand-scale organization. Smil offers fresh approaches to such well-known phenomena as solar radiation and plate tectonics and introduces lesser-known topics such as the quarter-power scaling of animal and plant metabolism across body sizes and metabolic pathways. He also examines two sets of fundamental relationships that have profoundly influenced the evolution of life and the persistence of the biosphere: symbiosis and the role of life's complexity as a determinant of biomass productivity and resilience. And he voices concern about the future course of human-caused global environmental change, which could compromise the biosphere's integrity and threaten the survival of modern civilization.
The Cosmic Oasis
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Author : Mark Williams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-26
The Cosmic Oasis written by Mark Williams and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-26 with Science categories.
Alone in the known universe the Earth glows bright with life, a unique cosmic oasis of biodiversity which is now under threat from our own actions. The Earth is a unique as a living planet, a cosmic oasis drifting in the vastness of barren space. It is strikingly and obviously different from our nearest heavenly neighbours, the Moon, Venus and Mars, in its thin skin of biology, extending from the surface for a few kilometres into the crust, and for a few tens of kilometres into the air. But how did this remarkable abundance and diversity of life arise? How has life survived over the enormous time frame of Earth's history? And does it continue to flourish now, especially with the growing pressure for space from humans? The Cosmic Oasis examines life on Earth, from our earliest interactions with animals and plants to our absolute domination of biology. It follows our developing understanding of life's origins, its remarkable complexity, and its interactions with the air, oceans and land. It also shows how patterns of diversity across the surface of the planet evolved, and how humans are now homogenising these, degrading both biodiversity and the space in which life can exist. Within this overall trend of loss there are some remarkable examples of survival, from the beneficial relationships between the gelada monkeys and wolves of the Ethiopian highlands, and the people and brown howler monkeys of Porte Allegre in Brazil, to interactions between you and your gut microbiome. Thoughout, the authors ask what these interactions can teach us about building a better relationship with nature, and consider how we might become stewards, rather than destructive exploiters, of the life around us.
Earth S Biosphere
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Author : Evan Blair
language : en
Publisher: Larsen and Keller Education
Release Date : 2021-11-16
Earth S Biosphere written by Evan Blair and has been published by Larsen and Keller Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with Science categories.
The biosphere is a closed system which includes all the other ecosystems. It is a self-regulating system. It encompasses all living beings and their interaction with the elements of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and atmosphere. The main characteristics of the biosphere are the continuous cycle of matter and the flow of solar energy. All of the living organisms of the biosphere depend on water. The biotic components of the biosphere are broadly classified into three categories, namely, primary producers, consumers and decomposers. The topics included in this book on biosphere are of utmost significance and bound to provide incredible insights to readers. Such selected concepts that redefine this discipline have been presented in it. This book is an essential guide for both academicians and those who wish to pursue this discipline further.
Earth S Biosphere
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Author : Charles Hofer
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2018-07-15
Earth S Biosphere written by Charles Hofer and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The biosphere refers to the parts of Earth where life exists or where known life has existed in the past. The biosphere is comprised of the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere because life exists in each of those three spheres, from birds in the sky to fish in the water to worms in the dirt. Food chains represent interconnected life cycles in the biosphere. Energy is transferred from one organism to the next and, as apex predators die, nutrients are returned to the soil. Readers will learn how people affect the biosphere and how life and energy are maintained in the biosphere.
Vegetation Of The Earth And Ecological Systems Of The Geo Biosphere
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Author : Heinrich Walter
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Vegetation Of The Earth And Ecological Systems Of The Geo Biosphere written by Heinrich Walter and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Phytomass and Primary Production of the Various Vegetational Zones and of the Entire Biosphere The biosphere is that thin layer at the earth's surface in which living organisms exist and biological cycling takes place. It includes the upper horizons of the soil in which plants root, the atmosphere near the ground, (insofar as organisms penetrate this space), and all the surface waters. More than 99% of the earth's biomass is phytomass, to which we shall limit our discussion. Amounts of phytomass are distinctly related to vegeta tional zones. Because accurate determination of phytomass and primary production is difficult, only gross estimates have been available until recently. However, in 1970, Bazilevich et al. published (in Russian) more accurate calculations, based on the rapidly accumulating literature, for the various thermal zones and bioclimatic regions of the earth. These authors calculated mean phyto mass and mean annual primary production for the various regions as dry mass (in tons) per hectare. On the basis of measurements of the areas covered by the individual regions, excluding rivers, lakes, glaciers, and permanent snow, total phytomass and total annual primary production for the various regions were obtained (see table). The sum of these figures is the phytomass and annual production of the land surface of the earth. In addition, the table gives corresponding data for the waters of the earth. The values involved are potential i. e. , they are based on natural vegetation uninfluenced by man.
Biospheres
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Author : Dorion Sagan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Biospheres written by Dorion Sagan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Nature categories.
The Biosphere
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Author : Gregory Vogt
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2006-12-28
The Biosphere written by Gregory Vogt and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-28 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the attributes of the biosphere, the animal and plant life that live in the biosphere, and how fragile and dynamic it is.
The Cosmic Oasis
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Author : Mark Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
The Cosmic Oasis written by Mark Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Biosphere categories.
Apparently alone in the Universe, the Earth glows bright with life, a cosmic oasis of biodiversity. This book considers life on Earth, and human interactions with it culminating in our domination of the living world, and asks what we have learnt about our biosphere, the risks it faces, and how we might become stewards of the life around us.
Earth S Earliest Biosphere
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Author : J. William Schopf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Earth S Earliest Biosphere written by J. William Schopf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Geology, Stratigraphic categories.
The Description for this book, Earth's Earliest Biosphere: Its Origin and Evolution, will be forthcoming.
The Biosphere
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Author : Vladimir I. Vernadsky
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Biosphere written by Vladimir I. Vernadsky and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
"Vladimir Vernadsky was a brilliant and prescient scholar-a true scientific visionary who saw the deep connections between life on Earth and the rest of the planet and understood the profound implications for life as a cosmic phenomenon." -DAVID H. GRINSPOON, AUTHOR OF VENUS REVEALED "The Biosphere should be required reading for all entry level students in earth and planetary sciences." -ERIC D. SCHNEIDER, AUTHOR OF INTO THE COOL: THE NEW THERMODYNAMICS OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION