Carbon and Its Domestication - A.M. Mannion

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Carbon and Its Domestication

By: A.M. Mannion

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Hardcover | 12 January 2006

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Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of fire, development of agriculture, expansion of Europe, fossil-fuel use and biotechnology. All have exacted an environmental toll, not least being climatic change and biodiversity loss. Carbon management now and in the future is a 'hot' political issue.

There is no existing book which focuses on the pivotal role of carbon in the environment and society and the ways in which carbon has been domesticated in time and space to generate wealth and political advantage. Students of environmental science, geography, biology and general science will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text.

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List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
What is carbon?	p. 2
Why is carbon so important?	p. 6
Carbon and climate	p. 7
Carbon and the environment in the last 3 million years	p. 11
Carbon and technology through prehistory and history	p. 14
Carbon and development	p. 17
Carbon and the future	p. 21
The Chemistry of Carbon	p. 23
The mineral world	p. 25
Organic compounds	p. 27
The biogeochemistry of carbon	p. 51
The Biology of Carbon	p. 59
The web of life	p. 60
Domain Archaea	p. 66
Domain Bacteria	p. 69
Domain Eukaryote	p. 72
Viruses etc	p. 82
Vital processes	p. 83
Food chains and food webs	p. 94
The Geology of Carbon	p. 99
Carbon, life and climate: the last 5 x 10²⁺⁹ years	p. 100
Sedimentary rocks	p. 120
Coal	p. 122
Oil (petroleum) and natural gas	p. 125
Wetlands	p. 128
The History and Consequences of Carbon Domestication	p. 131
The Harnessing of fire	p. 133
The origins and spread of agriculture	p. 138
Carbon exchanges during the Holocene	p. 144
History of fossil-fuel use and industrialization	p. 149
Pollution history	p. 156
Biotechnology	p. 159
The Geography of Carbon	p. 163
World ecosystems	p. 164
Marine ecosystems	p. 181
The alteration of the world's biomes	p. 185
Measures of human impact	p. 202
The Politicization of Carbon	p. 209
Initiatives 1860 to 1939	p. 212
Initiatives 1945 to the early 1970s	p. 218
Green politics	p. 222
Petropolitics and oil crises	p. 224
NGOs	p. 225
UN, UNEP, international agreements and the Earth Charter	p. 230
International initiatives on atmosphere/climate	p. 235
The politics of biodiversity	p. 241
Trade	p. 243
Conclusion and Prospect	p. 249
Conclusion	p. 251
Prospect	p. 264
Envoi	p. 283
Addendum	p. 284
References	p. 287
Index	p. 303
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