Global Change and the Earth System A Planet Under Pressure /

The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long, complex history spanning many millennia, but these have changed fundamentally in the last century. Human activities are now so pervasive and profound that they are altering the Earth in ways which threaten the very life s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Steffen, Will (Autor), Sanderson, Regina Angelina (Autor), Tyson, Peter D. (Autor), Jäger, Jill (Autor), Matson, Pamela A. (Autor), Moore III, Berrien (Autor), Oldfield, Frank (Autor), Richardson, Katherine (Autor), Schellnhuber, Hans-Joachim (Autor), Turner, Billie L. (Autor), Wasson, Robert J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Global Change - The IGBP Series
Temas:
Environment.
Biogeography.
Atmospheric science.
Pollution.
Environmental chemistry.
Environmental Sciences.
Biogeosciences.
Atmospheric Science.
Environmental Chemistry.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An Integrated Earth System
  • Planetary Machinery: The Dynamics of the Earth System Prior to Significant Human Influence
  • The Anthropocene Era: How Humans are Changing the Earth System
  • Reverberations of Change: The Responses of the Earth System to Human Activities
  • Living with Global Change: Consequences of Changes in the Earth System for Human Well-Being
  • Towards Earth System Science and Global Sustainability.

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