Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive Book

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Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive
Written by author Stanley Rice
Published by Rutgers University Press, January 2009
Beginning with an overview of how human civilization has altered the face of the Earth, particularly by the destruction of forests, the book details the startling consequences of these actions. Rice provides compelling reasons for government officials, ec

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Introduction Remnants of Paradise 3

Ch. 1 An Injured Paradise 9

Ch. 2 Plants Put the Oxygen in the Air 28

Ch. 3 Greenhouse Earth: Plants Help to Keep the Earth from Overheating 41

Ch. 4 Shade: Trees Make Good Air Conditioners 81

Ch. 5 The Water Cycle: Plants Prevent Droughts and Floods 93

Ch. 6 Plants Feed the World 110

Ch. 7 Plants Create Soil 127

Ch. 8 Plants Create Habitats 138

Ch. 9 Plants Heal the Landscape 171

Ch. 10 How Agriculture Changed the World 196

Ch. 11 Why We Need Plant Diversity 211

Ch. 12 What Can We Do? 228

Notes 249

Bibliography 268

Index 287

Title: Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive

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Item Number: 9780813544533

Publication Date: January 2009

Number: 2

Product Description: Full Name: Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive; Short Name:Green Planet

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Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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reviewed Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive on June 18, 2010

Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive

Nothing very revolutionary, but quite a comprehensive and convincing treatise on why we need plants, and what services they provide to other living organisms and us.
Reads almost like a series of lectures: Plants and the Environment 101.
A very good explanation of photosynthesis at the molecular level.

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