The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

Scaling Ecological Energetics from Organism to the Biosphere

2nd Edition

David Reichle
Elsevier
746 pages
ISBN: 9780443187759
February 2023

This book examines the global carbon cycle and energy balance of the biosphere, following carbon and energy through increasingly complex levels of metabolism—from cells to ecosystems. Utilizing scientific explanations, analyses of ecosystem functions, extensive references, and cutting-edge examples of energy flow in ecosystems, this is an essential resource to aid in understanding the scientific basis of the role of ecological systems in climate change.