The earth as a cradle for life : the origin, evolution and future of the environment /

Main Authors: Stacey, F. D. (Author), Hodgkinson, Jane H. (Author)
Format: Book
Language: English
Call Number: QE26.3 .S73 2013
Institution: Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak
Library: Main Library
Record Id / ISBN-0: ppap.53035 / 9789814508322 (alk. paper)
Online Public Access Catalog: Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak
Published: Singapore : World Scientific, [2013]
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505 0 |a "The age of the earth as an abode fitted for life" (Lord Kelvin, 1899) -- Rotation, tides and the moon -- The variable sun and other astronomical effects -- The magnetic field -- Internal heat and the evolution of the earth -- The oceans -- Planetary atmospheres and the appearance of free oxygen -- Thermal balance, the greenhouse effect, and sea level -- Environmental crises and mass extinctions of species -- Stability of the environment -- Inorganic mineral deposits as products of an evolving environment -- Fossil fuels, buried carbon and photosynthetic oxygen -- Effects of fossil fuel use -- A comparison of human energy use with natural dissipations -- The cradle is rocking -- A summary of salient conclusions. 
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