Introduction to Geobiology

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-642-25061-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 175 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment

This book is an introductory overview on a rapidly evolving scientific discipline of Geobiology. It studies Earth from both geological and biological perspective. This book covers the many facets of this research field, and underlines its potential for the exploration of the definition of life, the co-evolution of life and Earth, the appreciation of global environmental problems, and the detection of life in the universe. The book serves the advanced reader as compass for future studies, and as guideline for instruction.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Noffke, Nora

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Definition of Life.- Early Worlds of Earth.- Earth’s Rocks Change: the Significance of Biominerals.- The Breath of Earth: The First Multicellular Organisms.- Life as Architect: The Invention of Shells.- Rise and Decline of Superorganisms.- Shaping Earth for Human Habitation.- Biotechnology: Blessing or Curse?.- Universal Life.

Über Autor(innen)

Nora Noffke is a leading expert in the novel field of geobiology. Her work has introduced the actualistic principle in the understanding of Earth’s early evolution. As editor of several books and special issues, Noffke has supported the development of geobiology as a scientific discipline. She is co-founder of the Gordon Research Conference Geobiology. Nora Noffke is associate professor at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA, and Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, DC, USA.