Harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature

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contents "The biosphere -- the Earth's thin layer of life -- dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a scale as Homo sapiens. In Harvesting the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistory to the present day. Smil examines all harvests -- from prehistoric man's hunting of megafauna to modern crop production -- and all uses of harvested biomass, including energy, food, and raw materials. Without harvesting of the biomass, Smil points out, there would be no story of human evolution and advancing civilization; but at the same time, the increasing extent and intensity of present-day biomass harvests are changing the very foundations of civilization's well-being. In his detailed and comprehensive account, Smil presents the best possible quantifications of past and current global losses in order to assess the evolution and extent of biomass harvests. Drawing on the latest work in disciplines ranging from anthropology to environmental science, Smil offers a valuable long-term, planet-wide perspective on human-caused environmental change."--Jacket
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"The biosphere -- the Earth's thin layer of life -- dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a scale as Homo sapiens. In Harvesting the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistory to the present day. Smil examines all harvests -- from prehistoric man's hunting of megafauna to modern crop production -- and all uses of harvested biomass, including energy, food, and raw materials. Without harvesting of the biomass, Smil points out, there would be no story of human evolution and advancing civilization; but at the same time, the increasing extent and intensity of present-day biomass harvests are changing the very foundations of civilization's well-being. In his detailed and comprehensive account, Smil presents the best possible quantifications of past and current global losses in order to assess the evolution and extent of biomass harvests. Drawing on the latest work in disciplines ranging from anthropology to environmental science, Smil offers a valuable long-term, planet-wide perspective on human-caused environmental change."--Jacket
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title Harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature
title_auth Harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature
title_exact_search Harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature
title_full Harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature Vaclav Smil
title_fullStr Harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature Vaclav Smil
title_full_unstemmed Harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature Vaclav Smil
title_short Harvesting the biosphere
title_sort harvesting the biosphere what we have taken from nature
title_sub what we have taken from nature
topic NATURE / Animals / Wildlife bisacsh
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity bisacsh
SCIENCE / Environmental Science bisacsh
Biomass fast
Biosphere fast
Environmental auditing fast
Natural resources / Accounting fast
Surface of the Earth fast
Anthropogener Einfluss gnd
Biomasse gnd
Biosphare gnd
Umweltschaden gnd
Biomass Biosphere Natural resources Accounting Environmental auditing
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Ökologischer Fußabdruck (DE-588)7705788-0 gnd
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Biodiversität (DE-588)4601495-0 gnd
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Rodung (DE-588)4178274-4 gnd
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topic_facet NATURE / Animals / Wildlife
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity
SCIENCE / Environmental Science
Biomass
Biosphere
Environmental auditing
Natural resources / Accounting
Surface of the Earth
Anthropogener Einfluss
Biomasse
Biosphare
Umweltschaden
Biomass Biosphere Natural resources Accounting Environmental auditing
Umweltveränderung
Ökologischer Fußabdruck
Natürliche Ressourcen
Biodiversität
Globalisierung
Wald
Landnutzung
Artensterben
Tropischer Wald
Biosphäre
Wirtschaftswachstum
Erschöpfbare Ressourcen
Rodung
Rohstoffverbrauch
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