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Author: Steven M. Stanley
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9780716733775
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing the earth system approach, Steven M. Stanley shows how Earth's ecosystem has developed over time, and how events in the past can help us deal with present and future changes.
Author: Tim Lenton
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2013-04-11
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 0191501778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as an increase in complexity, energy utilization, and information processing by life. This book describes these revolutions, showing the fundamental interdependence of the evolution of life and its non-living environment. We would not exist unless these upheavals had led eventually to 'successful' outcomes - meaning that after each one, at length, a new stable world emerged. The current planet-reshaping activities of our species may be the start of another great Earth system revolution, but there is no guarantee that this one will be successful. The book explains what a successful transition through it might look like, if we are wise enough to steer such a course. This book places humanity in context as part of the Earth system, using a new scientific synthesis to illustrate our debt to the deep past and our potential for the future.
Author: Loren E. Babcock
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-10-15
Total Pages: 47
ISBN-13: 0471724904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVisualizing Earth History integrates artwork and images from National Geographic and other rich visuals to provide a broad overview of earth history. Author, Loren Babock explores Earth’s history as a series of interrelated processes that continue to have significant outcomes for humans and other living things.
Author: Brian J. Skinner
Publisher: Wiley Global Education
Published: 2011-08-24
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 1118139720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Sciences, 3rd Edition is an innovative text for the earth systems science course. It treats earth science from a systems perspective, now showing the five spheres and how they are interrelated. There are many photos and figures in the text to develop a strong understanding of the material presented. This along with the new media for instructors makes this a strong text for any earth systems science course.
Author: Thomas H. Jordan
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Published: 2011-12-23
Total Pages: 570
ISBN-13: 1464110611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Essential Earth is a whole new way to open students’ eyes to the physical world around them, to learn how scientists explore it, and what we need to do to both protect ourselves from it (hazards) as well as protect it from us (global change). In just 14 chapters, it offers a well-focused introduction to the basics of geology that emphasize the process of science and how humans interact with our home, Spaceship Earth.
Author: Barbara W. Murck
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2015-12-21
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 1118996518
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe newly revised Fourth Edition of Visualizing Geology, WileyPLUS NextGen Card and Loose-leaf Set Single Semester delivers an authoritative and thorough exploration of introductory Earth system science and geology in the distinctive style of the Wiley Visualizing series. Students learn about the three grand geologic cycles – tectonic, rock, and water – and how they interact to create and shape the geologic features we see and experience. This single-semester loose-leaf set includes access to the renowned WileyPLUS NextGen digital learning environment, an indispensable pedagogical addition to any classroom.
Author: Steven M. Stanley
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Published: 2008-10-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781429205207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSteve Stanley was the first author to write an historical geology textbook with whole-earth approach to the subject. It remains the only textbook for the course written from a truly integrated earth systems perspective. Now in its Third Edition, Earth System History has three powerful reasons to remain the leading textbook in this market: unmatched currency; proven student pedagogy; and a new interactive online study center.
Author: James Morris
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Published: 2015-11-19
Total Pages: 1240
ISBN-13: 1319077153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiology: How Life Works was written in response to recent and exciting changes in biology, education, and technology with the goal of helping students to think like biologists. The text, visual program, and assessments were developed together to provide students with the best resources to gain an understanding of modern biology. Content is selected carefully, is integrated to illustrate the connections between concepts, and follows six themes that are crucial to biology: the scientific method, chemical and physical principles, cells, evolution, ecological systems, and human impact. The second edition continues this approach, but includes expanded coverage of ecology, new in-class activities to assist instructors in active teaching, new pedagogical support for visual synthesis maps, and expanded and improved assessment.
Author: Axel Kleidon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-03-11
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 1316558592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThermodynamics sets fundamental laws for all physical processes and is central to driving and maintaining planetary dynamics. But how do Earth system processes perform work, where do they derive energy from, and what are the limits? This accessible book describes how the laws of thermodynamics apply to Earth system processes, from solar radiation to motion, geochemical cycling and biotic activity. It presents a novel view of the thermodynamic Earth system explaining how it functions and evolves, how different forms of disequilibrium are being maintained, and how evolutionary trends can be interpreted as thermodynamic trends. It also offers an original perspective on human activity, formulating this in terms of a thermodynamic, Earth system process. This book uses simple conceptual models and basic mathematical treatments to illustrate the application of thermodynamics to Earth system processes, making it ideal for researchers and graduate students across a range of Earth and environmental science disciplines.
Author: Frederick K. Lutgens
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2012-05-03
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780321807700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis brief, paperback version of the best-selling Earth Science by Lutgens and Tarbuck is designed for introductory courses in Earth science. The text's highly visual, non-technical survey emphasizes broad, up-to-date coverage of basic topics and principles in geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. A flexible design lends itself to the diversity of Earth science courses in both content and approach. As in previous editions, the main focus is to foster student understanding of basic Earth science principles. Used by over 1.5 million science students, the Mastering platform is the most effective and widely used online tutorial, homework, and assessment system for the sciences. This is the product access code card for MasteringX and does not include the actual bound book. Package contains: MasteringGeology standalone access card
