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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Bertrand, Philippe (1954-....)
Legendre, Louis (1945-....)
Titre(s) : Earth, our living planet [Texte électronique] : the earth system and its co-evolution with organisms / Philippe Bertrand, Louis Legendre
Édition : 1st ed. 2021
Publication : Cham : Springer international publishing, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Collection : The Frontiers collection, ISSN 2197-6619
Lien à la collection : The Frontiers collection (Internet)
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
Earth is, to our knowledge, the only life-bearing body in the Solar System. This extraordinary
characteristic dates back almost 4 billion years. How to explain that Earth is teeming
with organisms and that this has lasted for so long? What makes Earth different from
its sister planets Mars and Venus? The habitability of a planet is its capacity to
allow the emergence of organisms. What astronomical and geological conditions concurred
to make Earth habitable 4 billion years ago, and how has it remained habitable since?
What have been the respective roles of non-biological and biological characteristics
in maintaining the habitability of Earth? This unique book answers the above questions
by considering the roles of organisms and ecosystems in the Earth System, which is
made of the non-living and living components of the planet. Organisms have progressively
occupied all the habitats of the planet, diversifying into countless life forms and
developing enormous biomasses over the past 3.6 billion years. In this way, organisms
and ecosystems "took over" the Earth System, and thus became major agents in its regulation
and global evolution. There was co-evolution of the different components of the Earth
System, leading to a number of feedback mechanisms that regulated long-term Earth
conditions. For millennia, and especially since the Industrial Revolution nearly 300
years ago, humans have gradually transformed the Earth System. Technological developments
combined with the large increase in human population have led, in recent decades,
to major changes in the Earth's climate, soils, biodiversity and quality of air and
water. After some successes in the 20th century at preventing internationally environmental
disasters, human societies are now facing major challenges arising from climate change.
Some of these challenges are short-term and others concern the thousand-year evolution
of the Earth's climate. Humans should become the stewards of Earth
La pagination de l'édition imprimé est de : IX-572 p
Sujet(s) : Origine de la vie
Terre
Changements climatiques
Indice(s) Dewey :
550 (23e éd.) = Sciences de la Terre
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783030677732. - ISBN 3030677737 (eBook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb473038942
Notice n° :
FRBNF47303894
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)