The book introduces students of biological faculties of universities, as well as a wide range of readers interested in issues of ecology and environmental protection, to the problems of functioning of the living shell of our planet - the biosphere. The central place is given to the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus - the most important chemical elements without which life on Earth is impossible. The processes of evolution of the biosphere since the origin of life, as well as the determining role of man at the most recent – contemporary to us – stage of the development of the biosphere are considered. The presentation is based on an analysis of the latest scientific literature. This work is particularly relevant in light of the ongoing biodiversity crisis unfolding before our eyes and the ongoing debate about the causes and consequences of global climate change.
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Gilyarov A. M. Ecology of the biosphere. - M.: Moscow University Publishing House, 2018. - 158 p.
The book introduces students of biological faculties of universities, as well as a wide range of readers interested in issues of ecology and environmental protection, to the problems of functioning of the living shell of our planet - the biosphere. The central place is given to the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus - the most important chemical elements without which life on Earth is impossible. The processes of evolution of the biosphere since the origin of life, as well as the determining role of man at the most recent – contemporary to us – stage of the development of the biosphere are considered. The presentation is based on an analysis of the latest scientific literature. This work is particularly relevant in light of the ongoing biodiversity crisis unfolding before our eyes and the ongoing debate about the causes and consequences of global climate change.
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Gilyarov A. M. Ecology of the biosphere. - M.: Moscow University Publishing House, 2018. - 158 p.
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