Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth

What was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Planet, the Second Edition of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of the Earth, begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the restoration of Ear...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Matloff, Greg (Author), Bangs, C. (Author), Johnson, Les (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:2nd ed. 2014.
Subjects:
Solar system.
Astronomy.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Electric power production.
Space Physics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Electrical Power Engineering.
Mechanical Power Engineering.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Welcome to the Present
  • Space Utilization - A Moral Imperative
  • Fire - Formation of the Earth and the Solar System
  • Earth Before Man - Utopia or Nightmare?
  • The Environmental Dilemma - Progress or Collapse?
  • Exploding Population
  • Climate Change
  • Vanishing Life
  • Diminishing Energy
  • Humans Before the Industrial Age - A Desirable Ecological Goal?
  • Part III Paradise Regained.- Raw Materials from Space
  • Power from the Sun
  • Environmental Monitoring from Space
  • Protecting Earth
  • Mitigating Global Warming Using Planetary Engineering
  • Mitigating Global Warming Using Space-Based Approaches.- Setting the Solar System
  • Paradise Regained - An Optimistic Future.

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