| Vegetation-Climate Interaction: How Plants Make the Global Environment 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Adams, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 3642008801 ISBN-13: 9783642008801 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: This book offers a readable and accessible account of the way in which the world's plant life partly controls its own environment. Starting from the broad patterns in vegetation which have classically been seen as a passive response to climate, the authors build up from the local scale - with microclimates produced by plants - to the regional and global scale. The influence of plants (both on land and in the ocean) in making clouds, haze and rain are considered, along with plant effects on the composition of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere. Broad global feedbacks that either stabilize or destabilize the earth's environment will be explored, in the context of environmental change in the recent geological past, and in the near future. Common contentions and misconceptions about the role of vegetation or forest removal in the spread of deserts will also be considered. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 581.722 |
| LCCN: 2009933599 |
| Series: Springer Praxis Books |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7" W x 9.6" (1.65 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An accessible account of the ways in which the world's plant life affects the climate. It covers everything from tiny local microclimates created by plants to their effect on a global scale. If you've ever wondered how vegetation can create clouds, haze and rain, or how plants have an impact on the composition of greenhouse gases, then this book is required reading. |