Sinopsis de Cycles of life: civilization and the biosphere

Vaclav Smil describes current efforts to take into account the complex interplay of living organisms and environmental changes that shape the functioning of biogeochemical cycles. He focuses on the effects of human interference in these cycles caused by actions ranging from combustion of fossil fuels to feeding a growing population. INDICE: The biosphere - realm of life; putting life into cycles; how the cycles work; changing the carbon cycle; reactive nitrogen in the biosphere; sulfur in the environment; balancing the accounts; cycles and civilization; appendix - equations.

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