The carbon age : how life's core element has become civilization's greatest threat /

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Author / Creator:	Roston, Eric.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:	New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
Description:	309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7251781

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ISBN:	9780802715579 (alk. paper) 0802715575 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-293) and index.
Summary:	Carbon is the chemical scaffolding of life and civilization; indeed, the great cycle by which carbon moves through organisms, ground, water, and atmosphere has long been a kind of global respiration system that helps keep Earth in balance. And yet, when we hear the word today, it is more often than not in a crisis context. Journalist Roston evokes this essential element, from the Big Bang to modern civilization. Charting the science of carbon--how it was formed, how it came to Earth--he chronicles the often surprising ways mankind has used it over centuries, and the growing catastrophe of the industrial era, leading our current attempt to wrestle the Earth's geochemical cycle back from the brink. Blending the latest science with original reporting, Roston makes us aware of the seminal impact carbon has, and has had, on our lives.--From publisher description.

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