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Chimeras and Consciousness
Scientists elucidate the astounding collective sensory capacity of Earth and its evolution through time.
Fossil and Recent Biofilms
MICROBIAL BIOFILMS: PROTECTIVE NICHES IN ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOMICROBIOLOGY J. W. Costerton and Paul Stoodley Center for Biofilm Engineering Montana State University As this book is published based on discussions of a conference that was held in 2001, it may be useful to provide an update on the most recent revelations about biofilms, so that this excellent exposition of the contribution of microbial biofilms to geological processes may be placed in a modem context. The importance of the contribution of microbial biofilms to global processes is only now being appreciated as it is revealed that all terrestrial surfaces are teeming with microbial life in the form of biofilm communities. These ...
The Marine Microbiome
This updated and expanded second edition reviews numerous aspects of the marine microbiome and its possible industrial applications. The marine microbiome is the total of microorganisms and viruses in the ocean and seas and in any connected environment, including the seafloor and marine animals and plants. In the first part of the book, diversity, origin and evolution of the marine microorganisms and viruses are discussed. The microbes presented originate from all three domains of life: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. The second part sheds some light on the different communities: it describes marine habitats and how their inhabitants control biogeochemical cycles. The third part finally examines the microbial ocean as a global system and evaluates methods of utilizing marine microbial resources. Adopting a translational approach, the book connects academic research with industrial applications, making it a fascinating read and valuable resource for microbiologists from both domains.
Microbial Mats
This book provides information about microbial mats, from early fossils to modern mats located in marine and terrestrial environments. Microbial mats – layered biofilms containing different types of cells – are most complex systems in which representatives of various groups of organisms are found together. Among them are cyanobacteria and eukaryotic phototrophs, aerobic heterotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacteria, protozoa, anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, and other types of microorganisms. These mats are perfect models for biogeochemical processes, such as the cycles of chemical elements, in which a variety of microorganisms cooperate and interact in complex ways. They are often found under extreme conditions and their study contributes to our understanding of extremophilic life. Moreover, microbial mats are models for Precambrian stromatolites; the study of modern microbial mats may provide information on the processes that may have occurred on Earth when prokaryotic life began to spread.
Fossil and Recent Biofilms
This textbook on biofilms combines knowledge on sub-aquatic and sub-aerial biofilms and their products (stromatolites, oolites, ore, petroleum and gas deposits). It describes how formation and degradation of minerals and rocks is achieved through biofilm formation on and in sediments, soils and rocks. Methods of study, examples of Precambrian biofilms of an early Earth as well as the most recent examples of desert rock biofilms are treated in this integrative book on biofilms, microbial mats and stromatolites.
Selbstverbrennung
Alarmierender Report über die selbstzerstörerischen Folgen einer ungebremsten Erderwärmung »Um jedes Zehntelgrad zu kämpfen« lohne sich, davon ist Deutschlands wichtigster Klimaforscher mit internationaler Reputation überzeugt. Er streitet seit Jahrzehnten darum, dass Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft dem Klimawandel und seinen dramatischen Folgen endlich ins Auge sehen – und alles daran setzen, ihn aufzuhalten. In einem brisanten Thesenbuch spitzt er seine Kritik noch einmal zu: Nach derzeitigem Wissensstand bewegt sich unsere Zivilisation nicht auf die oft genannte Zwei-Grad-Grenze, sondern viel dramatischer auf eine Erwärmung von 3 bis 4 Grad Celsius bis Ende des Jahrhunderts zu. Die fortgesetzte Verbrennung fossiler Energieträger droht zum kollektiven Suizid zu führen. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber fasst das aktuelle Wissen in aller Schärfe zusammen, damit die Politiker auf der »Schicksalskonferenz« in Paris im Spätherbst 2015 die letzte Chance zum Umsteuern ergreifen.
