Kandel Water from Heaven

The Story of Water from the Big Bang to the Rise of Civilization, and Beyond
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-231-50775-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Kandel, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part 1. Water in the Universe: From the Big Bang to the Appearance of Man
1. Beginnings
2. The Churning of the Earth
3. Origin and Evolution of Life
4. Catastrophes
5. Ice, Moon, and Planets
Part 2: Water in Today's World
6. Water and Energy Cycles
7. Winds, Waves, and Currents
8. Water's Deep Memories
9. Clouds, Rain, and Angry Skies
10. Earth's Water, Between Sky and Sea
Part 3: Water in Human History: Past and Future
11. Water and Man's Rise to Civilization
12. Problems for the Twenty-First Century
13. Butterflies and Humans in a Warming Greenhouse
14. Back to the Ice Age?
15. Conclusion—the End of the Story?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Kandel is a senior scientist of the C.N.R.S. (National Scientific Research Agency of France). He is a member of NASA's Earth Radiation Science Team and chief scientist for the French-Russian-German ScaRaB radiation mission and is currently working on a joint European-Japanese satellite project to observe clouds, aerosols, and radiation. He is the author of several books, including Earth and Cosmos and Our Changing Climate. He was born in Brooklyn and now lives in Paris, France.