Environmental Change : The Evolving Ecosphere

ISBN-13: 9780415145213 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 402 str.

Richard John Huggett

Opis

This volume presents an introductory exploration of past, present and future change in the environment. The author introduces the interdependent parts of the natural environment - ecological, geological and cosmic - and the dynamic nature of the environmental system. The book examines human-environment interaction, and biological and physical evidence and causes of environmental change over a range of timescales. Exploring rates and directions of change, Huggett postulates an unending adaption of the ecosphere and its parts to ever-changing circumstances, including those triggered by human actions, and looks towards the likely environmental changes in the future.

Recenzje

The author must be congratulated on the encyclopedic breadth and coverage of this book which provides a fascinating and well balanced text on global environmental change. I would urge anyone with an interest in long-term global environmental change to buy a copy.' - K.J.Wills, The Holocene

'This is a sound introduction to environmental change, with emphasis on the physics, chemistry and biology of change throughout Earth history. It will appeal to a range of students, but mostly those with a scientific background.' - Geographical Journal, Issue 16,4 (2) July 98

Spis treści

Preface 1 INTRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 2 COSMOSPHERE 3 LITHOSPHERE AND BARYSPHERE 4 ATMOSPHERE 95 HYDROSPHERE 6 PEDOSPHERE 7 TOPOSPHERE 8 BIOSPHERE AND ECOSPHERE 9 ENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION

O autorze

Richard John Huggett is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Manchester.