Paleogeography is the study of the changing surface of Earth through time. Driven by plate
tectonics, the configuration of the continents and ocean basins has been in constant flux …

This study provides a comprehensive and quantitative estimate of how global temperatures
have changed during the last 540 million years. It combines paleotemperature …

Energy is the basis of human development and the impetus of society progress. There are
three sources of energy: energy of celestial body outside the Earth, the Earth energy and …

This paper reviews the most important information fusion data-driven algorithms based on
Machine Learning (ML) techniques for problems in Earth observation. Nowadays we …

Biophilia is a human personality trait described initially by Erich Fromm and later by EO
Wilson, both of whom agree that biophilia has a biological basis and that it is fundamental to …

I am grateful to the many people who played a part in the evolution of this book: my
colleagues David McGlynn and Jerald Podair; Princeton University Press editors Eric …

Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of
the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping …

Various authors have identified 'precursors' of the new concept of the Anthropocene, with
most frequent reference made to Antonio Stoppani, Vladimir Vernadsky and Pierre Teilhard …

There has been considerable controversy concerning the role of chemical weathering in the
regulation of the atmospheric partial pressure of carbon dioxide, and thus the strength of the …

Introduction to Geomicrobiology is a timely and comprehensive overview of how microbial
life has affected Earth's environment through time. It shows how the ubiquity of …