Revolutions that made the Earth

Revolutions that made the Earth / Tim Lenton and Andrew Watson.

The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. Humanity's planet-reshaping activities may be the latest example. By understanding the past revolutions, we can help steer current gl...

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Main Author: Lenton, Tim (Timothy)
Other Authors: Watson, A. J. (Andrew J.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Gaia hypothesis.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > Geophysics.
Gaia hypothesis
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I Introduction
  • ch. 1 Origins
  • ch. 2 Carbon and oxygen
  • ch. 3 Russian dolls
  • ch. 4 The revolutions
  • pt. II Theory
  • ch. 5 The anthropic Earth
  • ch. 6 The critical steps
  • ch. 7 Playing Gaia
  • pt. III The oxygen revolution
  • ch. 8 Photosynthesis
  • ch. 9 The trial of the oxygen poisoners
  • ch. 10 The Great Oxidation
  • pt. IV The complexity revolution
  • ch. 11 Life gets an upgrade
  • ch. 12 When did eukaryotes evolve?
  • ch. 13 The not-so-boring billion
  • ch. 14 The Neoproterozoic
  • pt. V Interlude
  • ch. 15 Animals and oxygen
  • ch. 16 The grand recycling coalition
  • ch. 17 Rolls of the dice
  • pt. VI A new revolution?
  • ch. 18 Climate wobbles
  • ch. 19 The origins of us
  • ch. 20 Review
  • ch. 21 Where next?

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