The Evolution Of The Biosphere
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Author | : Nikolay Dobretsov |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2007-12-03 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387686568 |
This monograph contains articles based on the oral presentations given at the International Workshop on the Biosphere Origin and Evolution (BOE 2005) held in Novosibirsk, Russia, June 26-29, 2005. The organizers of the event were the Scientific Programme of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which involves 50 institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Author | : M.I. Budyko |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400945566 |
THE STUDY OF THE BIOSPHERE The term 'biosphere' first appeared in the works of the French biologist 1.-B. Lamarck and the Austrian geologist E. Suess in the 19th century. In the 20th century, the study of the biosphere attracted considerable attention, largely due to the research of V. I. Vernadsky (1863- 1945). The results Qf Vernadsky's investigations have appeared in a number of publications, including the monograph The Biosphere published in 1926. This work consists of two parts, The Biosphere in Cosmos' and The Zone of Life', written in a form of speculation and reflection that is rarely used in modern studies. This work concerns the distinguishing properties of the space occupied by organisms and the exceptional importance of the activities of these organisms in the formation of their environment. In this and subsequent studies, Vernadsky has laid the foundations of the science of the biosphere, which today plays an important role in th.c many branches of science concerned with the Earth. Several terms have been suggested for the science of the biosphere, including global ecology (a discipline studying the global ecological system, whose meaning is close to that of the biosphere). One of the most prominent predecessors of Vernadsky was his teacher V.
Author | : Steve Olson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781021785015 |
Author | : J. William Schopf |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Geology, Stratigraphic |
ISBN | : 9780691023755 |
The Description for this book, Earth's Earliest Biosphere: Its Origin and Evolution, will be forthcoming.
Author | : Vaclav Smil |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2003-08-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780262692984 |
A comprehensive overview of Earth's biosphere, written with scientific rigor and essay-like flair. In his latest book, Vaclav Smil tells the story of the Earth's biosphere from its origins to its near and long-term future. He explains the workings of its parts and what is known about their interactions. With essay-like flair, he examines the biosphere's physics, chemistry, biology, geology, oceanography, energy, climatology, and ecology, as well as the changes caused by human activity. He provides both the basics of the story and surprising asides illustrating critical but often neglected aspects of biospheric complexity. Smil begins with a history of the modern idea of the biosphere, focusing on the development of the concept by Russian scientist Vladimir Vernadsky. He explores the probability of life elsewhere in the universe, life's evolution and metabolism, and the biosphere's extent, mass, productivity, and grand-scale organization. Smil offers fresh approaches to such well-known phenomena as solar radiation and plate tectonics and introduces lesser-known topics such as the quarter-power scaling of animal and plant metabolism across body sizes and metabolic pathways. He also examines two sets of fundamental relationships that have profoundly influenced the evolution of life and the persistence of the biosphere: symbiosis and the role of life's complexity as a determinant of biomass productivity and resilience. And he voices concern about the future course of human-caused global environmental change, which could compromise the biosphere's integrity and threaten the survival of modern civilization.
Author | : Vladimir I. Vernadsky |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461217504 |
"Vladimir Vernadsky was a brilliant and prescient scholar-a true scientific visionary who saw the deep connections between life on Earth and the rest of the planet and understood the profound implications for life as a cosmic phenomenon." -DAVID H. GRINSPOON, AUTHOR OF VENUS REVEALED "The Biosphere should be required reading for all entry level students in earth and planetary sciences." -ERIC D. SCHNEIDER, AUTHOR OF INTO THE COOL: THE NEW THERMODYNAMICS OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION
Author | : Vaclav Smil |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2012-12-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 026201856X |
An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production. The biosphere—the Earth's thin layer of life—dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a scale as Homo sapiens. In Harvesting the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistory to the present day. Smil examines all harvests—from prehistoric man's hunting of megafauna to modern crop production—and all uses of harvested biomass, including energy, food, and raw materials. Without harvesting of the biomass, Smil points out, there would be no story of human evolution and advancing civilization; but at the same time, the increasing extent and intensity of present-day biomass harvests are changing the very foundations of civilization's well-being. In his detailed and comprehensive account, Smil presents the best possible quantifications of past and current global losses in order to assess the evolution and extent of biomass harvests. Drawing on the latest work in disciplines ranging from anthropology to environmental science, Smil offers a valuable long-term, planet-wide perspective on human-caused environmental change.
Author | : Eric Smith |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 703 |
Release | : 2016-03-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1107121884 |
Uniting the foundations of physics and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary and integrative book explores life as a planetary process.
Author | : Gregory Vogt |
Publisher | : Twenty-First Century Books |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2006-12-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0761328408 |
Describes the attributes of the biosphere, the animal and plant life that live in the biosphere, and how fragile and dynamic it is.
Author | : J. William Schopf |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1408 |
Release | : 1992-06-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521366151 |
First published in 1992, The Proterozoic Biosphere was the first major study of the paleobiology of the Proterozoic Earth.