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Our Changing Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science and Global Environmental Change

Fred T. Mackenzie

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I. THE NATURAL SYSTEM. 1. Earth's Lithosphere: Geologic Time and Building Blocks. 2. Earth's Lithosphere: Plate Tectonics. 3. The Fluid Earth: Atmosphere. 4. The Fluid Earth: Hydrosphere. 5. Earth's Ecosphere. 6. Biogeochemical Cycles of Carbon, Nutrients, and Oxygen. 7. Historical Framework of Global Environmental Change. II. THE HUMAN DIMENSION. 8. World Population, Development, and Resource Consumption. 9. The Changing Earth Surface: Terrestrial Vegetation. 10. The Changing Earth Surface: Land and Water. 11. The Changing Atmosphere: Acid Deposition and Photochemical Smog. 12. The Changing Atmosphere: Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change. 13. The Changing Atmosphere: Global Warming and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion. 14. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Appendix A. Minerals. Answers to Study Questions. Glossary. References. Index.

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I. THE NATURAL SYSTEM. 1. Earth's Lithosphere: Geologic Time and Building Blocks. 2. Earth's Lithosphere: Plate Tectonics. 3. The Fluid Earth: Atmosphere. 4. The Fluid Earth: Hydrosphere. 5. Earth's Ecosphere. 6. Biogeochemical Cycles of Carbon, Nutrients, and Oxygen. 7. Historical Framework of Global Environmental Change. II. THE HUMAN DIMENSION. 8. World Population, Development, and Resource Consumption. 9. The Changing Earth Surface: Terrestrial Vegetation. 10. The Changing Earth Surface: Land and Water. 11. The Changing Atmosphere: Acid Deposition and Photochemical Smog. 12. The Changing Atmosphere: Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change. 13. The Changing Atmosphere: Global Warming and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion. 14. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Appendix A. Minerals. Answers to Study Questions. Glossary. References. Index.

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I. THE NATURAL SYSTEM. 1. Earth's Lithosphere: Geologic Time and Building Blocks. 2. Earth's Lithosphere: Plate Tectonics. 3. The Fluid Earth: Atmosphere. 4. The Fluid Earth: Hydrosphere. 5. Earth's Ecosphere. 6. Biogeochemical Cycles of Carbon, Nutrients, and Oxygen. 7. Historical Framework of Global Environmental Change. II. THE HUMAN DIMENSION. 8. World Population, Development, and Resource Consumption. 9. The Changing Earth Surface: Terrestrial Vegetation. 10. The Changing Earth Surface: Land and Water. 11. The Changing Atmosphere: Acid Deposition and Photochemical Smog. 12. The Changing Atmosphere: Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change. 13. The Changing Atmosphere: Global Warming and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion. 14. Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Appendix A. Minerals. Answers to Study Questions. Glossary. References. Index.

Key concepts: Hydrosphere, Earth science, Biosphere, Atmosphere (unit), Environmental change, Global change, Earth system science, Environmental science

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