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

  • 14h 10m
  • David E. Reichle
  • Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
  • 2023

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

About the Author

David E. Reichle was the Associate Laboratory Director at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for Environmental, Life, and Social Sciences, and the former director of its Environmental Sciences Division. He was also adjunct Professor of Ecology at the University of Tennessee. He has authored over 100 scientific articles on radionuclides in the environment and the metabolism of ecosystems, edited 4 books on productivity and carbon metabolism of ecosystems, and led development of several seminal government reports on greenhouse gas reduction technologies and carbon sequestration. He has served on many scientific advisory boards for the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Academy of Sciences, and other academic institutions and business organizations. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a recipient of a Scientific Achievement Award from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, a Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Department of Energy, and a Muskingum University Distinguished Alumni Service Award. He also served on the national board of Governors of The Nature Conservancy, and as Chairman of TNC’s Tennessee state chapter.

In this Book

  • Foreword of First Edition
  • Foreword of Second Edition
  • Timeline of Major International Programs About the Earth's Biosphere and Climate
  • An Introduction to Ecological Energetics and the Global Carbon Cycle
  • Timeline of the Physical and Chemical Bases of Energy
  • The Physical and Chemical Bases of Energy
  • Timeline of Major Developments in the Field of Energy Exchange Between Organisms and the Environment
  • Energy Relationships Between Organisms and Their Environment
  • Timeline of Major Developments in the Field of Biological Energy Transformations by Plants
  • Biological Energy Transformations by Plants
  • Timeline of Major Developments in the Field of Energy Processing by Animals
  • Energy Processing by Animals
  • Timeline of Major Developments in the Field of Species Adaptations to Their Environment
  • Species Adaptations to Their Energy Environment
  • Timeline of Major Developments in the Field of Food Chain and Trophic Level Transfers
  • Food chains and Trophic Level Transfers
  • Timeline of Major Developments in the Field of Energy Flow in Ecosystems
  • Energy Flow in Ecosystems
  • Timeline of Developments in the Field of Ecosystem Productivity
  • Ecosystem Productivity
  • Timeline of Developments in the Field of the Global Carbon Cycle
  • The Global Carbon Cycle and the Biosphere
  • Timeline of Anthropogenic Alterations to the Global Carbon Cycle
  • Anthropogenic Alterations to the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change
  • Timeline of Properties of the Global Carbon Cycle
  • Dynamic Properties of the Global Carbon Cycle
  • Timeline of Major Developments in the Development of Climate Models
  • Climate and Climate Models
  • Timeline of Managing Carbon in the Global Biogeochemical Cycle
  • Managing Carbon in the Global Biogeochemical Cycle
  • Timeline of Major Developments in the Field of Carbon, Climate Change, and Public Policy
  • Carbon, Climate Change, and Public Policy
  • Bibliography
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