12.007 Geobiology, Spring 2003

12.007 Geobiology, Spring 2003

The interactive Earth system: biology in geologic, environmental and climate change throughout Earth history. Since life began it has continually shaped and re-shaped the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and the solid earth. Subject introduces the concept of "life as a geological agent"...

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Main Authors: Sachs, Julian P. (Julian Perelman), Summons, Roger E.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2003
Subjects:
atmosphere
hydrosphere
cryosphere
solar system
global carbon cycle
evolution
global warming
Interactive earth system
biology
geologic change
environmental change
climate change
Earth history
life
solid earth
geological agent
astrobiology
biogeomorphology
long-term climate cycles
mass extinctions
biogeochemical tracers
origin of life
antiquity
habitable zone
deep biosphere
geological time
Geobiology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46321

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