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Biological weathering and the environment of the earth

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Biological weathering and the environment of the earth/ by Tasuku Akagi.
Author:	Akagi, Tasuku.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore : : 2024.,
Description:	xvii, 181 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Plant ecology. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4426-8
ISBN:	9789819744268

Biological weathering and the environment of the earth
Akagi, Tasuku.

Biological weathering and the environment of the earth[electronic resource] /by Tasuku Akagi. - Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :2024. - xvii, 181 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Ecological research monographs,2191-0715. - Ecological research monographs..

Part 1 Biological weathering Chapter 1: Weathering and feedback system -- Chapter 2: Plant-induced weathering -- Chapter 3: Weathering as physiological strategy -- Part 2 Diatom contribution Chapter 4: Diatoms -- Chapter 5: Thickly veiled frustules -- Chapter 6: Extra nerdy proof of dirty frustules -- Chapter 7: Diatoms eat rock -- Chapter 8: Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) -- Chapter 9: Diatoms and marine chemistry -- Part 3. Weathering in the ocean Chapter 10: Coupling of carbon and silica in the oceans -- Chapter 11: Weathering in the oceans -- Chapter 12: How to store (or release) carbon in (or from) deep ocean Part 4. Ocean weathering and the glacial cycles Chapter 13: Glacial cycles and unresolved questions -- Chapter 14: Ocean weathering as a key to glacial problem -- Part 5. Ocean weathering may save us Chapter 15: Contemporary CO2 problem -- Chapter 16: Ocean weathering as a key to the contemporary CO2 problem -- Chapter 17: An urgent proposal.

This book introduces the concept of 'biological weathering.' Weathering, especially chemical weathering, has been recognized as one of the most important processes on Earth because it influences the circulation of elements, including carbon. Weathering has almost always been considered an abiotic process. The book describes the author's experiments, proving that plant involvement in weathering is a strategy for plants to ingest nutrients from rocks. It is also shown through cultivation experiments and observation of natural diatoms that diatoms and silica obligate plankton dissolve silicate minerals and incorporate silicon and other elements into their frustules. The weathering reaction has also been successfully applied to the previously unexplained relationship between carbon and silica in the ocean's interior. Readers of this book will gain a comprehensive understanding of weathering as a reaction catalyzed by both plants and plankton, occurring not only on land but also ubiquitously in the earth's environment, including the ocean's interior. This new and novel perspective has significant implications for various scientific fields, including biology, marine chemistry, environmental, and paleoenvironmental sciences. The author underscores the immediate relevance of these findings to pressing issues surrounding atmospheric CO2. The book concludes with a proposal for an efficient and safe method to sequester CO2 in the atmosphere into the ocean interior, offering a practical solution to a global challenge. The target audience for this book includes students and researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, geochemistry, environment and plant sciences, atmospheric sciences, and Geo-industries.

ISBN: 9789819744268

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-97-4426-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Plant ecology.

LC Class. No.: QK901

Dewey Class. No.: 581.7

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