... photosynthesis (foh-toh-SIN-thuh-siss)—the process by which green plants make their food respiration (ress-puh-RAY-shuhn)—the process of taking in oxygen and sending out carbon dioxide sediment (SED-uh-muhnt)—tiny bits of rock, ...
More generally, if the pattern of life on the planet today is controlled by certain processes, then those processes must have controlled the past history of life. It was this that Darwin realized. He observed the life of the modern ...
He observed the life ofthe modern planet, and deduced the general rules by which it changed. Paradoxically, by usingthe principle of uniformity— whatoccurs todaycanbe used toexplain whattook placein the past —Darwin helped to workout ...
Explains the earth's ecosystem and looks at the many ways it sustains life for people everywhere.
Bassic introduction to earth science and ecology that encourages an appreciation of the environment.
... encourages a prophetic and contemplative lifestyle, one capable of deep. 15 Message on the occasion of World Peace Day, January 1, 1990. 16 Some branches of Protestantism favor a pronounced anthropocentric pragmatism, 67 LIVING EARTH.