Biogeochemical cycles and climate /

This book describes the interaction of greenhouse gasses with the Earth System. It takes the perspective of the Earth as an integrated system and provides examples of both changes in our current climate and those in the geological past. The book gives a required elementary description of the physics...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dolman, A. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Biogeochemical cycles.
Climatic changes.
Environmental geochemistry.
Cycles biogéochimiques.
Climat > Changements.
Géochimie de l'environnement.
climate change.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Biogeochemical cycles
Climatic changes
Environmental geochemistry
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Climate variability, climate change and earth system sensitivity
  • Biogeochemistry and climate
  • The physics of radiation
  • Aerosols and climate
  • Physics and dynamics of the atmosphere
  • Physics and dynamics of the oceans
  • The hydrological cycle and climate
  • The climate cycle
  • Methane cycling and climate
  • The nitrogen cycle and climate
  • Phosphorus, sulphur, iron, oxygen
  • The future of climate change
  • Reflections on the anthropocene
  • References
  • Index.

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