12.007 Geobiology, Spring 2003
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Author(s)
Sachs, Julian P. (Julian Perelman)
Summons, Roger E.
Alternative Title
Geobiology
Date Issued
June 2003
Abstract
The interactive Earth system: biology in geologic, environmental and climate change throughout Earth history. Since life began it has continually shaped and re-shaped the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and the solid earth. Subject introduces the concept of "life as a geological agent" and examines the interaction between biology and the earth system during the roughly 4 billion years since life first appeared. Topics include the origin of the solar system and the early Earth atmosphere; the origin and evolution of life and its influence on climate up through and including the modern age and the problem of global warming; the global carbon cycle; and astrobiology.
Subjects
atmosphere
hydrosphere
cryosphere
solar system
global carbon cycle
evolution
global warming
Interactive earth system
biology
geologic change
environmental change
climate change
Earth history
life
solid earth
geological agent
astrobiology
biogeomorphology
long-term climate cycles
mass extinctions
biogeochemical tracers
origin of life
antiquity
habitable zone
deep biosphere
geological time
Geobiology
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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