"Version: 20170501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Population and its effects -- 1.1. Population -- 1.2. Water and food -- 1.3. Pollution -- 1.4. The effects of pollution2. Energy conservation and the first law of thermodynamics -- 2.1. The first law of thermodynamics -- 2.2. …
"Version: 20220801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Overview -- 1.1. Problems and challenges -- 1.2. Hypotheses and questions -- 1.3. Modeling framework -- 1.4. The structure of this book2. Physical processes -- 2.1. Characteristics of semi-arid ecosystems -- 2.2. Water-heat-carbon cycles -- 2.3. The abiotic and biotic properties of semi-arid soils -- 2.4. Land-atmosphe…