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The story of N : a social history of the nitrogen cycle and the challenge of sustainability /
The Story of N analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective, the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the fir...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2013.
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| Colección: | Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Story of N analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective, the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the first book to examine the social processes by which industrial societies learned to bypass a fundamental ecological limit and, later, began addressing the resulting concerns by establishing limits of t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813554396 081355439X 9781461934929 1461934923 9781299733350 1299733352 |