Life in the hothouse : how a living planet survives climate change /
| Main Author: | Lenart, Melanie, 1961- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Call Number: | QH331 .L5276 2010 |
| Institution: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Library: | Main Library |
| Record Id / ISBN-0: | ppap.52622 / 9780816527236 (pbk. : alk paper) |
| Online Public Access Catalog: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Published: |
Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
c2010.
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Table of Contents:
- A feverish response : hurricanes come with high temperatures
- A living system : gaia and climate control
- Greenhouse-gas attack : one way to warm a planet
- Circulation patterns : a pulse of floods, to the beat of rising waves
- An herbal remedy : plants work to restore balance
- An internal cleanse : the additive power of soils and wetlands
- Beneath the surface : weathering the warming in deep time
- Systematic healing : more ways trees and wetlands boost planetary health
- Conclusion : what would gaia do?