Part1. Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future -- Chapter1. Preparing Students to Address Grand Challenges and Wicked Problems: The InTeGrate Approach -- Chapter2. The InTeGrate materials development rubric: A framework and process for developing curricular materials that meet ambitious goals -- Chapter3. Facilitating the development of effective interdisciplinary curric…
Introduction -- Basic knowledge of geochemical processes -- Sedimentology of travertine -- Methods -- Geomicrobiologial processes for laminated textures -- Geochemical model for rapid carbonate precipitation of travertines -- Travertines in Japan -- Concluding remarks.This book presents basic knowledge and key objectives of research of geological, geochemical, and microbial properties and proce…
Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Ancient mammals of Gondwanan South America -- Chapter3: Early Cenozoic mammals in South America -- Chapter4: Marsupials and other metatheres of South America -- Chapter5: The native ungulates of South America -- Chapter6: The xenarthrans-armadillos, glyptodonts, anteaters, sloths -- Chapter7: The Caviomorphs – First South American Rodents -- Chapter8: The P…
Part I: History of Water on Mars -- Climate Evolution and the History of Water on Mars -- Hydrated Minerals and Magmatic Water -- Lacustrine Environments -- Early Life on Earth and Analogies to Mars -- Part II: Water on Present Mars and Potential Habitats -- Water Distribution in the Atmosphere and Soil and the Global Water Cycle -- Cold Region Hydrology and its Analogy for Mars -- Life in Ice …
Grundlagen -- Rohstoffversorgung und Einflüsse der Weltwirtschaft -- Aktuelle Rohstoffsituation – ein Überblick -- Entwicklung des Rohstoffbedarfs des Energiesystems -- .This is the first book that analyses the future raw materials supply from the demand side of a society that chiefly relies on renewable energies, which is of great significance for us all. It addresses primary and secondary…
Wild woodlands as a new component of urban forests -- Wild Urban Woodlands: Towards a Conceptual Framework -- New Perspectives for Urban Forests: Introducing Wild Woodlands -- Attitudes towards wild woodlands -- Attitudes towards Wilderness and Public Demands on Wilderness Areas -- Surrogate Nature or Wilderness? Social Perceptions and Notions of Nature in an Urban Context -- Nature for People:…
Entropy Production by Earth System Processes -- Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in an Energy-Rich Universe -- Stumbling Into the MEP Racket: An Historical Perspective -- Maximum Entropy Production and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics -- Using Ecology to Quantify Organization in Fluid Flows -- Cosmological and Biological Reproducibility: Limits on the Maximum Entropy Production Principle -- …
Form, Function and Benefits of Urban Forests and Trees -- The Concept of Urban Forestry in Europe -- A History of Urban Forests and Trees in Europe -- Urban Forest Resources in European Cities -- Benefits and Uses of Urban Forests and Trees -- Planning and Design of Urban Forests and Trees -- Urban Forest Policy and Planning -- Design of Urban Forests -- The Role of Partnerships in Urban Forest…
Global and general perspectives on the Convention on Biological Diversity -- Global Conservation of Biodiversity from an Economic Point of View -- Financial support for biodiversity protection in developing countries — does the CBD mechanism lead to an appropriate level of biodiversity protection? -- The Cartagena Protocol: trade related measures as a means to protect biological diversity fro…
Sustainable Development: The Contribution by Biosphere Reserves -- MAB — a Programme over the Course of Time -- World Network of Biosphere Reserves -- Biosphere Reserves: Model Regions for the Future -- The Network of Biosphere Reserves in Germany -- New Concepts for the Model Regions -- People and Cultures in Biosphere Reserves -- From Environmental Education to Learning for Sustainability -…