Witness To A Changing Earth
A Geologist's Journey Learning About Natural and Human-caused Global Change
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book is of interest to all of you willing to gain perspective both in time and in depth about the global environmental crises we are facing in the Anthropocene as well as pondering potential solutions. Humans are dominating the Earth's environment and...
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This book is of interest to all of you willing to gain perspective both in time and in depth about the global environmental crises we are facing in the Anthropocene as well as pondering potential solutions. Humans are dominating the Earth's environment and causing global changes in the most recent geologic time called the Anthropocene. Global changes are caused by both natural events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, or caused by humans like global warming and pollution of air, water, and soil. The author documents all types of global changes, beyond climate change, pointing out the risks for humanity when all these changes combine in time. Hans Nelson describes global changes while traveling through an earth scientist's 60-year global journey. Throughout his memoirs, the author provides many humorous examples of adventures taking place during the scientific studies on land and at sea. He makes suggestions for a sustainable planet and shows that humans worldwide in the past, and can in the future, work together on solutions for global change problems.Students can use this book to learn about the many aspects of global change and methods that marine geologists use to obtain data on geologic hazards, resources, and environmental changes.
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PREFACE INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE
CHAPTER 1 GLOBAL WARMING
PATTERNS PROVIDING EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL WARMING
Increased CO2 and CH4 in the atmosphere and warming climate
Ocean acidification from increased absorbtion of atmospheric CO2
Rising ocean temperatures and sea levels
Diminishing polar ice, mountain glaciers, permafrost and gas hydrates
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16 record breaking air temperatures of the past 136 years since 2001
More intense extreme weather events e.g hurricanes, droughts, wildfires
Increasing animal extinction rates
CHAPTER 2 MY GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIESMY EARLY ADVENTURES RELATED TO POSSIBLE GLOBAL CHANGE
MY FIRST SCIENTIFIC LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE UNIVERSITY LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
MASTERS DEGREE LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
ADVENTURES WHILE STUDYING CRATER LAKE
PhD GRADUATE SCHOOL LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
ADVENTURES DURING PhD STUDIES
WORLDWIDE INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL CHANGE FIRST USGS LESSONS IN ALASKAN GLOBAL CHANGE
LOOKING FOR GOLD RESOURCES IN OFFSHORE ALASKA
1960s ALASKAN ADVENTURES EARLY 1970s RESOURCE & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN ALASKA
EARLY 1970s ALASKAN ADVENTURES
ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN 1976
1976 ALASKAN ADVENTURES
ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN 1977
1977 ALASKAN ANDVENTURES
1978 AND 1980 ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
1978 ALASKAN ANDVENTURES
POTENTIAL VOLCANIC HAZARDS IN CRATER LAKE, OREGON
CRATER LAKE ADVENTURES
HOW POLITICS AFFECTS GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
GLOBAL CHANGE RELATED TO MARINE MAMMALS IN ALASKA
GLOBAL CHANGE EFFECTS ON WALRUS
GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS FROM SPANISH STUDIES IN THE 1980s RESOURCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS IN GULF OF MEXICO
GULF OF MEXICO ANVENTURES AND GLOBAL CHANGE HAZARDS
RESOURCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS IN LAKE BAIKAL
LAKE BAIKAL ADVENTURES AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS
VAR & CORSICA HUMAN & NATURAL GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS
ANTARCTIC ADVENTURES IN A NATURAL LANDSCAPE
GLOBAL CHANGES RELATED TO EARTHQUAKES GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS AND A SUSTAINABLE PLANET
CHAPTER 3 GLOBAL CHANGE AND EARTH SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction
Energy
The energy future
Clean air Potable or safe drinking water
Arable soil or farmland
Radioactive global contamination of air, water and soil
Ocean fisheries, coastal habitats and pollution
Population control
Lake Tanganyika, an example of combined global change
Education as a solution for global sustainability
Summary for earth sustainability
TAKE HOME POINTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE PLANET FINAL WORD ON GLOBAL WARMING
MESSAGE TO GLOBAL WARMING DENIERS AND SKEPTICS
POSITIVE SIGNS FOR FUTURE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHANGE
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND COOPERATION NATIONAL AND LOCAL AGREEMENTS
TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR HUMAN-CAUSED AND NATURAL GLOBAL CHANGE
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IMPROVED MEDIA COVERAGE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE FUTURE FOR HUMANS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES CITED
ADDITIONAL READING
16 record breaking air temperatures of the past 136 years since 2001
More intense extreme weather events e.g hurricanes, droughts, wildfires
Increasing animal extinction rates
CHAPTER 2 MY GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIESMY EARLY ADVENTURES RELATED TO POSSIBLE GLOBAL CHANGE
MY FIRST SCIENTIFIC LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE UNIVERSITY LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
MASTERS DEGREE LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
ADVENTURES WHILE STUDYING CRATER LAKE
PhD GRADUATE SCHOOL LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
ADVENTURES DURING PhD STUDIES
WORLDWIDE INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL CHANGE FIRST USGS LESSONS IN ALASKAN GLOBAL CHANGE
LOOKING FOR GOLD RESOURCES IN OFFSHORE ALASKA
1960s ALASKAN ADVENTURES EARLY 1970s RESOURCE & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN ALASKA
EARLY 1970s ALASKAN ADVENTURES
ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN 1976
1976 ALASKAN ADVENTURES
ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN 1977
1977 ALASKAN ANDVENTURES
1978 AND 1980 ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
1978 ALASKAN ANDVENTURES
POTENTIAL VOLCANIC HAZARDS IN CRATER LAKE, OREGON
CRATER LAKE ADVENTURES
HOW POLITICS AFFECTS GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
GLOBAL CHANGE RELATED TO MARINE MAMMALS IN ALASKA
GLOBAL CHANGE EFFECTS ON WALRUS
GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS FROM SPANISH STUDIES IN THE 1980s RESOURCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS IN GULF OF MEXICO
GULF OF MEXICO ANVENTURES AND GLOBAL CHANGE HAZARDS
RESOURCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS IN LAKE BAIKAL
LAKE BAIKAL ADVENTURES AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS
VAR & CORSICA HUMAN & NATURAL GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS
ANTARCTIC ADVENTURES IN A NATURAL LANDSCAPE
GLOBAL CHANGES RELATED TO EARTHQUAKES GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS AND A SUSTAINABLE PLANET
CHAPTER 3 GLOBAL CHANGE AND EARTH SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction
Energy
The energy future
Clean air Potable or safe drinking water
Arable soil or farmland
Radioactive global contamination of air, water and soil
Ocean fisheries, coastal habitats and pollution
Population control
Lake Tanganyika, an example of combined global change
Education as a solution for global sustainability
Summary for earth sustainability
TAKE HOME POINTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE PLANET FINAL WORD ON GLOBAL WARMING
MESSAGE TO GLOBAL WARMING DENIERS AND SKEPTICS
POSITIVE SIGNS FOR FUTURE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHANGE
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND COOPERATION NATIONAL AND LOCAL AGREEMENTS
TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR HUMAN-CAUSED AND NATURAL GLOBAL CHANGE
178
IMPROVED MEDIA COVERAGE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE FUTURE FOR HUMANS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES CITED
ADDITIONAL READING
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Autoren-Porträt von C. Hans Nelson
Hans Nelson has a B.A. from Carleton College, M.S. from the University of Minnesota and Ph.D. from Oregon State University. He spent 32 years working in the U. S. Geological Survey and 20 years at the CSIC in Spain. His studies and worldwide teaching for 60 years have resulted in 220 publications. Hans has served as Chief Scientist for 30 scientific expeditions, in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Barcelona, Brest and Utrecht in Europe and Blaustein Scholar at Stanford University. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the 2016 Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence of the Geological Society of America.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: C. Hans Nelson
- 2022, 1st ed. 2021, XXII, 317 Seiten, 57 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030718131
- ISBN-13: 9783030718138
Sprache:
Englisch
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