The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: Scaling Ecological Energetics from Organism to the Biosphere

The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: Scaling Ecological Energetics from Organism to the Biosphere, Second Edition examines the global carbon cycle and energy balance of the biosphere, following carbon and energy through increasingly complex levels of metabolism-from cells to ecosystems. Utilizing scientific explanations, analyses of ecosystem functions, extensive references, and cutting-edge examples of energy flow in ecosystems, this is an essential resource to aid in understanding the scientific basis of the role of ecological systems in climate change. Includes new chapters on dynamic properties of the global carbon cycle, climate models and projections, and managing carbon in the global biogeochemical cycle. Addresses the scientific principles governing carbon fluxes at successive hierarchical levels of organization, from cells to the biosphere Illustrates - through data and diagrams - the complex processes by which carbon moves in the global biogeochemical cycle Provides new information on tipping points for climate change and why there are climate deniers INDICE: 1. An Introduction to ecological energetics and the global carbon cycle 2. The physical and chemical bases of energy 3. Energy relationships between organisms and their environment 4. Biological energy transformations by plants 5. Energy processing by animals 6. Species adaptations to their energy environment 7. Food chains and trophic level transfers 8. Energy flow in ecosystems 9. Ecosystem productivity 10. The global carbon cycle and the biosphere 11. Anthropogenic alterations to the global carbon cycle and climate change 12. Dynamic Properties of the Global Carbon Cycle 13. Climate Models and Projections 14. Managing Carbon in the Global Biogeochemical Cycle 15. Carbon, climate change, and public policy

• ISBN: 978-0-443-18775-9
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 500
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés