04629nam a22005655i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001600172072001700188072002300205072001600228100008300244245010200327250001800429264007200447300004500519336002600564337002600590338003600616347002400652490004700676505097700723520173401700650002203434650002503456650002503481650002903506650003003535650002203565650002003587650002503607650002803632650002903660650003903689650002203728710003403750773002603784776003603810776003603846776003603882830005403918856004603972912001404018912001404032999001704046978-981-97-4426-8DE-He21320251030113144.0cr nn 008mamaa241015s2024    si |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97898197442689978-981-97-4426-87 a10.1007/978-981-97-4426-82doi 4aQH540-549.5 7aPSAF2bicssc 7aSCI0200002bisacsh 7aPSAF2thema1 aAkagi, Tasuku.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98606010aBiological Weathering and the Environment of the Earthh[electronic resource] /cby Tasuku Akagi.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aSingapore :bSpringer Nature Singapore :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXVII, 181 p. 67 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aEcological Research Monographs,x2191-07150 aPart 1 Biological weathering Chapter 1: Weathering and feedback system -- Chapter 2: Plant-induced weathering -- Chapter 3: Weathering as physiological strategy -- Part 2 Diatom contribution Chapter 4: Diatoms -- Chapter 5: Thickly veiled frustules -- Chapter 6: Extra nerdy proof of dirty frustules -- Chapter 7: Diatoms eat rock -- Chapter 8: Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) -- Chapter 9: Diatoms and marine chemistry -- Part 3. Weathering in the ocean Chapter 10: Coupling of carbon and silica in the oceans.-Chapter 11: Weathering in the oceans -- Chapter 12: How to store (or release) carbon in (or from) deep ocean Part 4. Ocean weathering and the glacial cycles Chapter 13: Glacial cycles and unresolved questions -- Chapter 14: Ocean weathering as a key to glacial problem -- Part 5. Ocean weathering may save us Chapter 15: Contemporary CO2 problem -- Chapter 16: Ocean weathering as a key to the contemporary CO2 problem -- Chapter 17: An urgent proposal.  aThis book introduces the concept of 'biological weathering.' Weathering, especially chemical weathering, has been recognized as one of the most important processes on Earth because it influences the circulation of elements, including carbon. Weathering has almost always been considered an abiotic process. The book describes the author’s experiments, proving that plant involvement in weathering is a strategy for plants to ingest nutrients from rocks. It is also shown through cultivation experiments and observation of natural diatoms that diatoms and silica obligate plankton dissolve silicate minerals and incorporate silicon and other elements into their frustules. The weathering reaction has also been successfully applied to the previously unexplained relationship between carbon and silica in the ocean’s interior. Readers of this book will gain a comprehensive understanding of weathering as a reaction catalyzed by both plants and plankton, occurring not only on land but also ubiquitously in the earth’s environment, including the ocean’s interior. This new and novel perspective has significant implications for various scientific fields, including biology, marine chemistry, environmental, and paleoenvironmental sciences. The author underscores the immediate relevance of these findings to pressing issues surrounding atmospheric CO2. The book concludes with a proposal for an efficient and safe method to sequester CO2 in the atmosphere into the ocean interior, offering a practical solution to a global challenge. The target audience for this book includes students and researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, geochemistry, environment and plant sciences, atmospheric sciences, and Geo-industries. 0aEcology .968629 0aGeochemistry.970590 0aOceanography.971005 0aEnvironmental chemistry. 0aMicrobial ecology.964261 0aPlant physiology.14aEcology.96862924aGeochemistry.97059024aBiooceanography.97146624aEnvironmental Chemistry.24aEnvironmental Microbiology.96426224aPlant Physiology.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978981974425108iPrinted edition:z978981974427508iPrinted edition:z9789819744282 0aEcological Research Monographs,x2191-071597923640uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4426-8  aZDB-2-SBL  aZDB-2-SXB  c64219d64219