The legacy of carbon dioxide : past and present impacts / Paul J. Karol.

The legacy of carbon dioxide : past and present impacts /

Covers the truly varied roles carbon dioxide has played and continues to play in the character of our planet. Chapters deal with the synthesis of CO2 in stars, the evolution of the atmosphere over billions of years, the chemical and physical properties of CO2 and how those influence common phenomena...

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Main Author: Karol, Paul J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Subjects:
Atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Atmospheric chemistry.
Geochemistry.
Carbon dioxide.
Carbon > Isotopes.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Starting elements
  • Early earth and our solar system
  • Discovery
  • Structure
  • Radiocarbon and its dioxide
  • The air today
  • Ye olde aire
  • Proxies
  • Fire
  • Carbon dioxide and water
  • Going with the flow
  • Carbonates : the enduring legacy
  • Volcanoes
  • Photosynthesis
  • Respiration and metabolism
  • Weathering
  • Carbon dioxide and ice-overs
  • Food and drink
  • Fossil fuels
  • Isotope stories
  • Appendix : on a piece of chalk (Macmillan's magazine (1868)).

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