| Contents |
Earth over the past 4.5 billion years : a brief history -- Climate drives on Earth -- Oxygen accumulation and the first major life : climate interactions -- Snowball Earth and the most extreme climate states that the Earth has experienced -- Emergence of land plants and the formation of the Earth's critical zone -- Massive extinction drivers and climate impacts -- From greenhouse to ice-house : the coevolution of life and climate through the Cenozoic -- Climate and humans -- Climate and life on future Earth. |
| Abstract |
"Climate Change and Life: The Complex Co-evolution of Climate and Life on Earth, and Beyond covers the critical tectonic and biogeochemical cycles that drive climate and shape the modern world. It compares the history of Earth to the histories of Venus and Mars, including new findings of Martian climate change. The book is multidisciplinary and will instruct readers on the range of extremes in climate and biogeochemical cycling that shape life on Earth. Topics covered include climate drivers on Earth (atmospheric gases, non-gaseous particulates in the atmosphere, etc.), various techniques to assess past climates, mass extension drivers, and future predictions. The book takes a long view on climate change and evolution while also focusing on defining moments in Earth history where critical thresholds and events occur. Climate scientists, earth scientists, environmental scientists and researchers in all other areas related to climate change will find value in the research presented in this book." -- Amazon. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023277885 |
| ISBN | 9780128225684 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0128225688 (paperback) |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
