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Physical Geography: The Basics - The Basics (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Physical Geography: The Basics - The Basics (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Series: The Basics
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This second edition, enhanced with more than 30 new figures,
provides an up-to-date overview of physical geography suitable for
all those with a personal or professional interest in environmental
processes, climate change and understanding of the Earth's
landforms and dynamics. The text provides explanations of
processes, enabling the reader to understand the interconnected
nature of the Earth's system, and has been updated to include new
developments and case studies with insights from satellite
observations and data analysis using artificial intelligence. The
book begins by outlining the nature of the Earth system, concepts
around environmental thresholds and feedbacks, planetary boundaries
for human survival, and humans as a dominant driver of
environmental change. The second chapter examines features
associated with plate tectonics, the role of weathering and erosion
in shaping landscapes, and soil functions and management. Chapter 3
deals with the climate system, describing drivers of the major
atmospheric and oceanic circulation systems, the natural greenhouse
effect, and regional climate and weather experienced for different
zones across the planet. The global carbon cycle and long-term
climate change are considered in Chapter 4 before moving on to
tackle the latest knowledge on contemporary and future climate
change, its impacts, mitigation and adaptation. Chapter 5
facilitates key understanding of hydrology, river channel dynamics,
water quality, coastal processes, glacier dynamics and cold region
landforms while Chapter 6 deals with the distribution and patterns
of life on Earth and of the underlying processes that result in
these patterns. The book concludes with a brief overview of
considerations for managing environmental change and hazards, and
requirements for achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
This reader-friendly text brings together wide-ranging subject
areas from across physical geography, covering the basics of the
subject at a level suitable for those about to embark on a
university degree or for those who just want to get a solid basic
understanding of the physical environment around them. The book,
which contains box features with examples and a glossary to aid
understanding, acts as a primer for further study, or in itself can
be used as a basic aid to understanding fundamental principles and
processes associated with physical geography.
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