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Title:

Global change and the earth system : a planet under pressure / W. Steffen ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Springer,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 336 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Subject:

Global environmental change.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology.
Changement global (Environnement)
Homme--Influence sur la nature.
Écologie humaine.
Ecologia humana.
Proteção ambiental.
Mudança climática.
Terra (planeta)
Influência climática (humano)

Other Authors:

Steffen, W. L. (William L.), 1947-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

An integrated earth system -- Planetary machinery: the dynamics of the earth system prior to significant human influence -- The Anthropocene Era: how humans are changing the earth system -- Reverberations of change: the responses of the earth system to human activities -- Living with global change: consequences of changes in the earth system for human well-being -- Towards earth system science and global sustainability.

Series:

Global change--the IGBP series

ISBN:

9783540265948
3540265945

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)