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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
On Job and the Whirlwind Speeches
The Whirlwind Speech
The Whirlwind Speech as an Account of Planetary Creation and Function
The Antiquity of the Job Text
Questions to Job from the Whirlwind
2. Laying the Foundation of the Earth
The Origin of the Earth
Laying the Foundation of the Earth
Concluding Comments
3. Taming the Unicorn, Yoking the Aurochs: Animal and Plant Domestication and the Consequent Alteration of the Surface of the Earth
The Unicorn
The Wild Ox
The Domestication of Animals
The Dog as the First Domesticated Animal
Yoking the Aurochs
Changing Regional Land Cover
Concluding Comments
4. Freeing the Onager: Feral and Introduced Animals
The Onager
The Onager as a Draft Animal
Humans as a Keystone Species
Introduced Species
Ecosystems and Anthro-Ecosystems on a Human-Dominated Planet
Concluding Comments
5. Bounding the Seas, Freezing the Face of the Deep: When the Sea Is Loosed from Its Bonds
The Tides
Past Sea Levels
Future Sea Level Rise
Concluding Comments
6. The Ordinances of the Heavens and Their Rule on Earth: Adaptation and the Cycles of Life
The Ordinances of the Heavens and Their Rule on Earth
Biological and Ecological Timing
Knowing When the Mountain Goats Give Birth
Migration: When Birds Turn Their Wings Toward the South
Concluding Comments
7. The Dwelling of the Light and the Paths to Its Home: Winds, Ocean Currents, and the Global Energy Balance
Föhns and Chinooks: Physical Processes Behind the Pattern
Tropical Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons
The Hadley Circulation: The Paths to Home
Winds and Ocean Gyres
Light’s Pathway Home: The Global Radiation Balance
Concluding Comments
8. Making the Ground Put Forth Grass: The Relationship Between Climate and Vegetation
Climate and Vegetation
Climate-Vegetation Relationships in a Changing World
Concluding Comments
9. Feeding the Lions: The Conservation of Biological Diversity on a Changing Planet
On the Conservation of the Bright and Beautiful, Big and Dangerous
The Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene
Conserving Diversity on a Changing Planet
Concluding Comments
10. Making Weather and Influencing Climate: Human Engineering of the Earth
Making Weather
Geoengineering: Climate Modification
Concluding Comments
11. Conclusion: Comprehending the Earth
Notes
Index
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