Cycles of life : civilization and the biosphere / Vaclav Smil.
Cycles of life : civilization and the biosphere / Vaclav Smil.
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New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman and Co., c1997, 2001.
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TQ066985
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English
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Physical content
x, 221 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. The Biosphere: Realm of Life -- 2. Putting Life into Cycles -- 3. How the Cycles Work -- 4. Changing the Carbon Cycle -- 5. Reactive Nitrogen in the Biosphere -- 6. Sulfur in the Environment -- 7. Balancing the Accounts -- 8. Cycles and Civilization.
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New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman and Co., c1997, 2001.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1997, 2001.
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Summary
Smil argues that several of today's principal environmental concerns - such as possible global warming, acid rain, photochemical smog, and the degradation of ecosystems - are tied to human interference in the biospheric cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Human society has always interfered in this cycling of elements, but industrialization and...
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Cycles of life : civilization and the biosphere / Vaclav Smil.
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Scientific American Library series, 1040-3213 ; no. 63.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]) and index.
Transferred from NQ574.5222/10.
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c1997, 2001.
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TQ066985
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74VvDGVb7bZl
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0716760398 (pbk.) :
9780716750796 (hc)
0716750791 (hc)
9780716760399 (pbk.) :
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574.5222
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991004996209702626
