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Foundations of the Earth : Global Ecological Change and the Book of Job /

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" God asks Job in the "Whirlwind Speech," but Job cannot reply. This passage-which some environmentalists and religious scholars treat as a "green" creation myth-drives renowned ecologist H. H. Shugart's extra...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shugart, H.H (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Edición:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Preface --   |t 1. Introduction --   |t 2. Laying the Foundation of the Earth --   |t 3. Taming the Unicorn, Yoking the Aurochs: Animal and Plant Domestication and the Consequent Alteration of the Surface of the Earth --   |t 4. Freeing the Onager: Feral and Introduced Animals --   |t 5. Bounding the Seas, Freezing the Face of the Deep: When the Sea Is Loosed from Its Bonds --   |t 6. The Ordinances of the Heavens and Their Rule on Earth: Adaptation and the Cycles of Life --   |t 7. The Dwelling of the Light and the Paths to Its Home: Winds, Ocean Currents, and the Global Energy Balance --   |t 8. Making the Ground Put Forth Grass: The Relationship Between Climate and Vegetation --   |t 9. Feeding the Lions: The Conservation of Biological Diversity on a Changing Planet --   |t 10. Making Weather and Influencing Climate: Human Engineering of the Earth --   |t 11. Conclusion: Comprehending the Earth --   |t Notes --   |t Index 
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