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For courses in Earth Systems Science offered in departments of Geology, Earth Science, Geography and Environmental Science.
The first textbook of its kind that addresses the issues of global change from a true Earth systems perspective, The Earth System offers a solid emphasis on lessons from Earth's history that may guide decision-making in the future. The text is more quantitative than the standard Earth science book, but the authors have remained sensitive to the needs of non-science majors.
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The Earth System, Second Edition employs a systems-based approach to examine Earth science at the global level. This text explores how:
- Earth's processes have connections to the past and to each other
- Seemingly small-scale changes to Earth can have large-scale effects
- Processes that are occurring now are molding the course of the future
The second edition incorporates two new chapters:
- Modeling the Atmosphere-Ocean System—A discussion of why numerical models are necessary, how they are used, what they can tell us about past and future climates, and what their limitations are.
- A Focus on the Biota: Ecosystems and Biodiversity—Focuses on life's role in the Earth system, how ecosystems function, what biodiversity is, and whether or not biological diversity enhances the stability of ecosystems.
Three categories of boxed text are included and offer a deeper study of the topics presented.
- A Closer Look—Includes more advanced concepts, results from current research, and explanations of interesting phenomena.
- Important Concepts—In-depth presentations of fundamental concepts from the natural sciences essential to our understanding of the Earth system.
- Thinking Quantitatively—Demonstrates how simple mathematics can be used to better understand the workings of the Earth system.
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