Evolution on Planet Earth
Title | Evolution on Planet Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn Rothschild |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 469 |
Release | 2003-06-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0080494854 |
Driving evolution forward, the Earth's physical environment has challenged the very survival of organisms and ecosystems throughout the ages. With a fresh new perspective, Evolution on Planet Earth shows how these physical realities and hurdles shaped the primary phases of life on the planet. The book's thorough coverage also includes chapters on more proximate factors and paleoenvironmental events that influenced the diversity of life. A team of notable ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and paleontologists join forces to describe drifting continents, extinction events, and climate change -- important topics that continue to shape Earth's inhabitants to this very day. In a world where global change has become an international issue, this book provides a several billion-year evolutionary perspective on what the environment and environmental change means to life. * Provides thorough background information on each topic while introducing cutting-edge research* Features original material solicited from the leading minds in evolutionary biology and geology today* Emphasizes the influence of massive geological forces - continental drift, volcanic activity, sea and tides
Planet Earth
Title | Planet Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Cesare Emiliani |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 740 |
Release | 1992-08-28 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780521409490 |
This book explains why we have such a vast array of environments across the cosmos and on our own planet, and also a stunning diversity of plant and animal life on earth.
Environmental Evolution
Title | Environmental Evolution PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn Margulis |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780262631976 |
Fifteen distinguished scientists discuss the effects of life--past and present--on planet Earth.
Origin and Evolution of Earth
Title | Origin and Evolution of Earth PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2008-08-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309134307 |
Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. Deciphering the planet's history and processes could improve the ability to predict catastrophes like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, to manage Earth's resources, and to anticipate changes in climate and geologic processes. At the request of the U.S. Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, and U.S. Geological Survey, the National Research Council assembled a committee to propose and explore grand questions in geological and planetary science. This book captures, in a series of questions, the essential scientific challenges that constitute the frontier of Earth science at the start of the 21st century.
Life on a Young Planet
Title | Life on a Young Planet PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew H. Knoll |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780691120294 |
Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, with the very latest discoveries in paleontology integrated with emerging insights from molecular biology and earth system science. 100 illustrations.
Earth
Title | Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan I. Lunine |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780521644235 |
This is an outstanding overview of the history of the Earth from a unique planetary perspective for introductory courses in the earth sciences. The book approaches Earth history as an evolution, encompassing the origin of the cosmos through the inner working of living cells. Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet tells how the Earth has come to its present state, why it differs from its neighboring planets, what life's place is in Earth's history, and how humanity affects the processes that make our planet livable. Today's human influences are contemplated in the context of natural changes on Earth. This book brings a fresh perspective to the study of the Earth for students who wish to learn how our planet evolved to its present form.
Earth's Evolving Systems
Title | Earth's Evolving Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Martin |
Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Learning |
Pages | 638 |
Release | 2016-12-16 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1284108295 |
Earth’s Evolving Systems: The History of Planet Earth, Second Edition is an introductory text designed for popular courses in undergraduate Earth history. Written from a “systems perspective,” it provides coverage of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere, and discussion of how those systems interacted over the course of geologic time.