The Resource The many lives of carbon, Dag Olav Hessen ; [English translation by Kerri Pierce]
The many lives of carbon, Dag Olav Hessen ; [English translation by Kerri Pierce]
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- Summary
- "In its pure form carbon can the soft graphite in a pencil or an immensely hard diamond. It is the basic building block of most of the cells in our bodies. Carbon attracts, and one of the most crucial relationships it forms is with oxygen, producing carbon dioxide, the gas vital to life on earth. This is the story of a chemical element, C, its myriad properties and its life cycle. It is the story of a balance between photosynthesis and cell respiration, between building and burning, life and death. Dag Olav Hessen navigates us through an exploration of the existence of carbon in minerals and rocks, wood and rainforests, and of carbon's role in processes such as the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycles, on both small and large scales. He explores the burning issue of climate change: how will ecosystems respond to global change? How bad could things get? Will the world's ecosystems recover? And what are our moral obligations? Neither alarmist nor moralistic, Hessen takes the reader on a journey from the atom to our planet in informative, compelling prose."--Dust jacket
- Language
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- eng
- nor
- eng
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Note
- Translation of C. Karbon : en uautorisert biografi. Originally published by Cappelen Damm AS, Oslo
- Contents
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- Part I. Carbon, carbon everywhere. Carbon in everything
- Fire explained
- The master of disguise : soft, hard and round
- Nylon tights and their descendants
- Carbon on wheels
- Plastic fantastic
- Synthias as a carbon company
- To build and to burn : carbon in the life equation
- From C3 to C4--and the world's most important protein
- Atomic physic's solution to photosynthesis
- Photosynthesis in reverse
- Good neighbors
- C and 4H : a hot partnership
- The benefits of methane
- Archaea
- Part II. The C in cycle. The Keeling curve
- A Swede before his time
- One or many cycles?
- Pyramids, chains and webs
- The carbon Queen Emiliania
- Borealis
- Paradise lost
- The long carbon cycle
- The anthropocene
- Gaia and feedbacks
- Bluer and more acidic
- Methane bombs
- Between a snowball and hell
- Oxygen's evolution
- Nitrogen and phosphorus : the great circulatory
- Changes
- Part III. The footprint. Paradise lost II
- Shoe size
- How bad are bananas?
- Petroholism's withdrawal
- Afterlives
- Isbn
- 9781780238517
- Label
- The many lives of carbon
- Title
- The many lives of carbon
- Statement of responsibility
- Dag Olav Hessen ; [English translation by Kerri Pierce]
- Language
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- eng
- nor
- eng
- Summary
- "In its pure form carbon can the soft graphite in a pencil or an immensely hard diamond. It is the basic building block of most of the cells in our bodies. Carbon attracts, and one of the most crucial relationships it forms is with oxygen, producing carbon dioxide, the gas vital to life on earth. This is the story of a chemical element, C, its myriad properties and its life cycle. It is the story of a balance between photosynthesis and cell respiration, between building and burning, life and death. Dag Olav Hessen navigates us through an exploration of the existence of carbon in minerals and rocks, wood and rainforests, and of carbon's role in processes such as the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycles, on both small and large scales. He explores the burning issue of climate change: how will ecosystems respond to global change? How bad could things get? Will the world's ecosystems recover? And what are our moral obligations? Neither alarmist nor moralistic, Hessen takes the reader on a journey from the atom to our planet in informative, compelling prose."--Dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hessen, D. O.
- Dewey number
- 546.681
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translation of C. Karbon : en uautorisert biografi. Originally published by Cappelen Damm AS, Oslo
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Pierce, Kerri A.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Carbon
- Carbon
- Label
- The many lives of carbon, Dag Olav Hessen ; [English translation by Kerri Pierce]
- Note
- Translation of C. Karbon : en uautorisert biografi. Originally published by Cappelen Damm AS, Oslo
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Carbon, carbon everywhere. Carbon in everything -- Fire explained -- The master of disguise : soft, hard and round -- Nylon tights and their descendants -- Carbon on wheels -- Plastic fantastic -- Synthias as a carbon company -- To build and to burn : carbon in the life equation -- From C3 to C4--and the world's most important protein -- Atomic physic's solution to photosynthesis -- Photosynthesis in reverse -- Good neighbors -- C and 4H : a hot partnership -- The benefits of methane -- Archaea -- Part II. The C in cycle. The Keeling curve -- A Swede before his time -- One or many cycles? -- Pyramids, chains and webs -- The carbon Queen Emiliania -- Borealis -- Paradise lost -- The long carbon cycle -- The anthropocene -- Gaia and feedbacks -- Bluer and more acidic -- Methane bombs -- Between a snowball and hell -- Oxygen's evolution -- Nitrogen and phosphorus : the great circulatory -- Changes -- Part III. The footprint. Paradise lost II -- Shoe size -- How bad are bananas? -- Petroholism's withdrawal -- Afterlives
- Control code
- 1959186
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781780238517
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781780238517
- (OCoLC)972826491
- Label
- The many lives of carbon, Dag Olav Hessen ; [English translation by Kerri Pierce]
- Note
- Translation of C. Karbon : en uautorisert biografi. Originally published by Cappelen Damm AS, Oslo
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Carbon, carbon everywhere. Carbon in everything -- Fire explained -- The master of disguise : soft, hard and round -- Nylon tights and their descendants -- Carbon on wheels -- Plastic fantastic -- Synthias as a carbon company -- To build and to burn : carbon in the life equation -- From C3 to C4--and the world's most important protein -- Atomic physic's solution to photosynthesis -- Photosynthesis in reverse -- Good neighbors -- C and 4H : a hot partnership -- The benefits of methane -- Archaea -- Part II. The C in cycle. The Keeling curve -- A Swede before his time -- One or many cycles? -- Pyramids, chains and webs -- The carbon Queen Emiliania -- Borealis -- Paradise lost -- The long carbon cycle -- The anthropocene -- Gaia and feedbacks -- Bluer and more acidic -- Methane bombs -- Between a snowball and hell -- Oxygen's evolution -- Nitrogen and phosphorus : the great circulatory -- Changes -- Part III. The footprint. Paradise lost II -- Shoe size -- How bad are bananas? -- Petroholism's withdrawal -- Afterlives
- Control code
- 1959186
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781780238517
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781780238517
- (OCoLC)972826491
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