Revolutions in energy input and material cycling in Earth history and human history

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 353-370

  Lenton, Timothy M ^a   Pichler, Peter Paul ^b   Weisz, Helga ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREE ENERGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANOXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES; MATERIAL RECYCLING; OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOCIAL METABOLISMS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOSPHERE; EARTH; ENERGY USE; HISTORY; RECYCLING;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84966389397     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-7-353-2016     Document Type: Review

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