Carbon and Its Domestication

Carbon and Its Domestication

المؤلف
A.M. Mannion
سنة النشر
2006
الناشر
Springer
لغة الملف
انكليزي
نوع الملف
Book
تصنيف الكتاب
Environmental Science

Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of fire, development of agriculture, expansion of Europe, fossil-fuel use and biotechnology. All have exacted an environmental toll, not least being climatic change and biodiversity loss. Carbon management now and in the future is a ‘hot’ political issue.


الكلمات المفتاحية: Earth and environmental science / Biogeochemistry / Carbon / Environmental Change / Natur / People-Environment Relationships / Biodiversity / Biology / Development / Ecosystem / Geochemistry / Technology