Revolutions That Made the Earth.
Lenton, Tim.
Revolutions That Made the Earth. - 1 online resource (438 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Origins -- Chapter 2: Carbon and oxygen -- Chapter 3: Russian dolls -- Chapter 4: The revolutions -- Part II: Theory -- Chapter 5: The anthropic Earth -- Chapter 6: The critical steps -- Chapter 7: Playing Gaia -- Part III: The oxygen revolution -- Chapter 8: Photosynthesis -- Chapter 9: The trial of the oxygen poisoners -- Chapter 10: The Great Oxidation -- Part IV: The complexity revolution -- Chapter 11: Life gets an upgrade -- Chapter 12: When did eukaryotes evolve? -- Chapter 13: The not-so-boring billion -- Chapter 14: The Neoproterozoic -- Part V: Interlude -- Chapter 15: Animals and oxygen -- Chapter 16: The grand recycling coalition -- Chapter 17: Rolls of the dice -- Part VI: A new revolution? -- Chapter 18: Climate wobbles -- Chapter 19: The origins of us -- Chapter 20: Review -- Chapter 21: Where next? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. Humanity's planet-reshaping activities may be the latest example. By understanding the past revolutions, we can help steer current global change toward a sustainable outcome.
9780191501760
Electronic books.
GE26.3
551
Revolutions That Made the Earth. - 1 online resource (438 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Origins -- Chapter 2: Carbon and oxygen -- Chapter 3: Russian dolls -- Chapter 4: The revolutions -- Part II: Theory -- Chapter 5: The anthropic Earth -- Chapter 6: The critical steps -- Chapter 7: Playing Gaia -- Part III: The oxygen revolution -- Chapter 8: Photosynthesis -- Chapter 9: The trial of the oxygen poisoners -- Chapter 10: The Great Oxidation -- Part IV: The complexity revolution -- Chapter 11: Life gets an upgrade -- Chapter 12: When did eukaryotes evolve? -- Chapter 13: The not-so-boring billion -- Chapter 14: The Neoproterozoic -- Part V: Interlude -- Chapter 15: Animals and oxygen -- Chapter 16: The grand recycling coalition -- Chapter 17: Rolls of the dice -- Part VI: A new revolution? -- Chapter 18: Climate wobbles -- Chapter 19: The origins of us -- Chapter 20: Review -- Chapter 21: Where next? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. Humanity's planet-reshaping activities may be the latest example. By understanding the past revolutions, we can help steer current global change toward a sustainable outcome.
9780191501760
Electronic books.
GE26.3
551