Living in the Anthropocene: Earth in the Age of Humans
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (575 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MZ5L6EG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Explores the causes and implications of the Anthropocene, or Age of Humans, from multiple points of view including anthropological, scientific, social, artistic, and economic.Although we arrived only recently in Earth's timeline, humans are driving major changes to the planet's ecosystems. It discusses environmental and biological systems that have been changed and affected; the causes of the Anthropocene, such as agricultural spread, pollution, and urbanization; how societies are responding and adapting to these changes; how these chan
For analysis of more personal changes caused by globalism, an ideal companion to this macro view is Dan Barber’s The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food (2014). A valuable contribution to the ecological bookshelf. Also refreshing are looks at less studied issues, such as the effects of globalism on indigenous populations and how artists are portraying and influencing this new world. Arranged in sections from “A Changing Planet” to “The Way Forward,” the pieces range in quality and originality (those addressing climate change necessarily present known facts), with most of them very good and some exce
W. . Trained in evolutionary biology, systematics, and ecology, he is also the author of The Weeping Goldsmith: Discoveries in the Secret Land of Myanmar. JOHN KRESS, a distinguished scientist and curator of botany at the National Museum of Natural History, formerly served at the Smithsonian as the Grand Challenges Consortia's director of science and the interim undersecretary for science. JEFFREY K. STINE is curator for environmental histor