Biological Weathering and the Environment of the Earth

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.

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• Ciência ecológica, a biosfera
• Oceanografia (mares)
• Geoquímica
• Química
• Microbiologia (não médica)
• Botânica e ciências das plantas
• Ciência ambiental, engenharia e tecnologia

Biological weathering;Silica;Carbon;Diatoms;Ocean weathering;Microbial weathering;Carbon cycling;Glacial and interglacial cycles;Paleoenvironment;Geochimistry;Evolutionary Biology;Phycology