Contents
ATMOSPHERE
Warm But Not Too Warm
How Plants Breathe and Keep Us Alive
On the Carbon Trail: What Happens When Plants Die?
OCEANS
Cool Oceans, Cool Planet
Salt to Fresh and Back Again
Who Eats What in the Big Watery World
LAND
The Earth’s Crust and What Lies Below
Moving, Shifting, and Shaking
How Water Shapes the Land
WEBS OF LIFE
Bubble Nets and Food Chains
Food Webs Powered by the Sun
How Do We Get to Just Right?
Dedication
This e-book is dedicated to my grandchildren, Tom and Kay Cochran, and to all those in their generation and those that follow who will participate in the struggle to rebalance the Earth’s climate.