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Stability of Life on Earth
Principal Subject of Scientific Research in the 21st Century, Springer Praxis Books/Environmental Sciences, Springer Praxis Books - Environmental Sciences
Kondratyev, Kirill Y/Losev, Kim S/Ananicheva, Maria D et al
ISBN/EAN: 9783540203285
Umbreit-Nr.: 1463519
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xvii, 166 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 02.03.2004
Auflage: 1/2004
- Zusatztext
- Inhaltsangabe1. Ecological-geographic space: a fresh view of the old problems,- 2. Geographic environment: structure and processes,- 3. Structural units of the geographic environment,- 4. Humans are changing the geographic environment,- 5. Formation of world community and its ideologies,- 6. XX century: time of collison with nature,- 7. Scientific basis of life stability,- 8. Carbon budget, role of biota and ecosystems' cost,- 9. Territorial expansion as one of the mechanisms for growing damage from natural disasters.
- Kurztext
- Explains to the reader how the activity of biota in the maintenance and regulation of natural cycles create and manage a safe natural environment for all life on EarthHighlights the ways in which human activities on local, regional and global scales have perturbed natural biogeochemical cycles; 'colliding' with NatureReviews the latest, most up-to-date attempts to model natural cycles and the balances of nutrients in ecosystems which are fundamental to biotic regulation of the environmentDemonstrates why it is important that sustainable development should become a principal research topic during the 21st Century