Paradise Regained The Regreening of Earth /

• Main Authors: Johnson, Les. (Author), Matloff, Gregory L. (Author), Bangs, C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Ecology.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Astronautics.; Nature Conservation.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79986-5

What was our planet like before the advent of our modern civilization? What effect has our civilization had on the planet and its ecology? Paradise Regained begins by discussing these questions and then generates a scenario for the re-greening of Earth. It introduces new and innovative ideas on how...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Welcome to the Present
• Space Utilization: A Moral Imperative
• Part I: Mythical Paradise
• Fire: Formation of the Earth and Solar System
• The Earth Before Man: Utopia or Nightmare?- Part II: Paradise Lost?- The Environmental Dilemma: Progress or Collapse?- Exploding Population
• Climate Change
• Vanishing Life
• Diminishing Energy
• Humans Before the Industrial Age: A Desirable Ecological Goal?- Part III: Paradise Regained
• Raw Materials from Space
• Power from the Sun
• Environmental Monitoring from Space
• Protecting the Earth
• Mitigating Global Warming
• Settling the Solar System
• Paradise Regained: An Optimistic Future
• Afterword: Why Space Advocates and Environmentalists Should Work Together.