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The Australian vegetation is the end result of a remarkable history of climate change, latitudinal change, continental isolation, soil evolution, interaction with an evolving fauna, fire and most recently human impact. This book presents a detailed synopsis of the critical events that led to the evolution of the unique Australian flora and the wide variety of vegetational types contained within it. The first part of the book details the past continental relationships of Australia, its palaeoclimate, fauna and the evolution of its landforms since the rise to dominance of the angiosperms at the beginning of the Cretaceous period. A detailed summary of the palaeobotanical record is then presented. The palynological record gives an overview of the vegetation and the distribution of important taxa within it, while the complementary macrofossil record is used to trace the evolution of critical taxa.
This book will interest graduate students and researchers interested in the evolution of the flora of this fascinating continent.
Paleobotany --- Plants --- Evolution. --- Plant evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Fossil botany --- Palaeobotany --- Botany --- Paleontology --- Phylogeny --- interaction with an evolving fauna --- macrofossil record of australia --- australian vegetation --- robert hill --- evolution of critical taxa --- climate change --- palaeobotanical record of australia --- continental isolation --- evolution of australian flora --- latitudinal change --- palynological record of australia --- soil evolution --- Eocene --- Nothofagus --- Pollen --- Taxon
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The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate systemIt has often been said that we know more about the moon than we do about our own oceans. In fact, we know a great deal more about the oceans than many people realize. Scientists know that our actions today are shaping the oceans and climate of tomorrow-and that if we continue to act recklessly, the consequences will be dire. In this timely and accessible book, Eelco Rohling traces the 4.4 billion-year history of Earth's oceans while also shedding light on the critical role they play in our planet's climate system.Beginning with the formation of primeval Earth and the earliest appearance of oceans, Rohling takes readers on a journey through prehistory to the present age, vividly describing the major events in the ocean's evolution-from snowball and greenhouse Earth to the end-Permian mass extinction, the breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent, and the changing climate of today. Along the way, he explores the close interrelationships of the oceans, climate, solid Earth processes, and life, using the context of Earth and ocean history to provide perspective on humankind's impacts on the health and habitability of our planet-and on what the future may hold for us.An invaluable introduction to the cutting-edge science of paleoceanography, The Oceans enables you to make your own informed opinions about the environmental challenges we face as a result of humanity's unrelenting drive to exploit the world ocean and its vital resources.
Paleoceanography. --- Ocean --- Climatic changes. --- History. --- Ammonoidea. --- Atlantic Ocean. --- Biological pump. --- Biosphere. --- Calcium carbonate. --- Calcium. --- Calculation. --- Cambrian explosion. --- Carbon cycle. --- Climate change. --- Climate state. --- Climate. --- Climatology. --- Cretaceous. --- Cyanobacteria. --- Deep sea. --- Earth system science. --- Earth's energy budget. --- Earth. --- Ecosystem. --- Eocene. --- Eutrophication. --- Evaporation. --- Evaporite. --- Extinction event. --- Flood basalt. --- Fungus. --- Geochemistry. --- Geologic record. --- Geologic time scale. --- Geologist. --- Global temperature. --- Global warming. --- Great Oxygenation Event. --- Greenhouse gas. --- Ice age. --- Ice cap. --- Ice sheet. --- Ice-albedo feedback. --- Indian Ocean. --- Interglacial. --- Marine biology. --- Meltwater. --- Mesozoic. --- Methane. --- Mountain chain. --- Neoproterozoic. --- Nitrogen. --- North America. --- Nutrient. --- Ocean Drilling Program. --- Ocean acidification. --- Ocean. --- Oceanic basin. --- Oceanic crust. --- Oceanography. --- Overfishing. --- Pacific Ocean. --- Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. --- Pelagic zone. --- Permafrost. --- Permian. --- Permian–Triassic extinction event. --- Photosynthesis. --- Plate tectonics. --- Pollution. --- Prokaryote. --- Radiative forcing. --- Radiometric dating. --- Reforestation. --- Salinity. --- Sapropel. --- Sea ice. --- Sea level rise. --- Sea level. --- Sea surface temperature. --- Seawater. --- Sediment. --- Snow. --- Snowball Earth. --- Southern Hemisphere. --- Southern Ocean. --- Subduction. --- Suggestion. --- Supercontinent. --- Surface area. --- Surface water. --- Technology. --- Temperature gradient. --- Temperature record. --- Tropics. --- Upwelling. --- Volcanic rock. --- Volcanism. --- Volcano. --- Weathering. --- World Ocean. --- Year. --- Zooplankton.
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