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| #2238646 in Books | 1999-11-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.75 x6.50 x1.00l,1.02 | File type: PDF | 272 pages||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Some Like it Hot|By Mark McMenamin|David Schwartzman's book is a masterpiece of geological analysis that probes the role of temperature change in the history of Earth and Life. He makes a convincing case that the biological enhancement of weathering by organisms (mostly microbes and plants) has led to overall decrease in Earth surface temperatures, something of a paradox co||A scholarly work with a wealth of useful information and ideas that cut across the usual disciplinary boundaries. As such, the book will be of appeal to a broad range of specialists including terrestrial and aquatic ecologists, microbiologists, climatologists
The idea that living things and the atmosphere, oceans, and soils comprise an interactive, self-regulating system―the Gaia concept―was first proposed nearly thirty years ago. Since then researchers have been seeking new connections between life and the global environment. David Schwartzman contributes to that search by examining how the Earth's biosphere regulates itself over geologic time. Emphasizing long-term geologic trends―not the short-term perturbations that...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Life, Temperature, and the Earth | David Schwartzman.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
