The birth of the Anthropocene, Jeremy Davies
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The birth of the Anthropocene, Jeremy Davies
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index
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maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The birth of the Anthropocene
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
926061257
Responsibility statement
Jeremy Davies
Summary
"The world is facing an environmental crisis unprecedented in human history. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen for three million years, and the greatest mass extinction since the time of the dinosaurs appears to be underway. Such far-reaching changes suggest something remarkable: the beginning of a new geological epoch. It has been called the Anthropocene. The Birth of the Anthropocene shows how this epochal transformation puts the deep history of the planet at the heart of contemporary environmental politics. By opening a window onto geological time, the idea of the Anthropocene changes our understanding of present-day environmental despoliation and injustice. Jeremy Davies argues incisively that unequal relations between human societies must now be understood as ecological and geophysical forces that leave profound traces in the makeup of the planet. Linking new developments in earth science to the insights of world historians, Davies shows that as the Anthropocene epoch begins, politics and geology have become inextricably entwined"--Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Living in deep time -- Versions of the Anthropocene -- Geology of the future -- The rungs on the ladder -- An obituary for the Holocene -- Conclusion : not even past
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Subject
- Nature + Effect of human beings on
- Environmental geology
- Umweltveränderung
- From 10 thousand years ago
- Paleoecology -- Holocene
- Paleoecology + Holocene
- Anthropozän
- Humanökologie
- Nature + Effect of human beings on
- Environmental geology
- Global environmental change
- Umweltgeologie
- Holocene Geologic Period
- From 10 thousand years ago.
- Holozän
- Global environmental change
- Anthropogener Einfluss
- Paleoecology
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject18
- Nature + Effect of human beings on
- Environmental geology
- Umweltveränderung
- From 10 thousand years ago
- Paleoecology -- Holocene
- Paleoecology + Holocene
- Anthropozän
- Humanökologie
- Nature + Effect of human beings on
- Environmental geology
- Global environmental change
- Umweltgeologie
- Holocene Geologic Period
- From 10 thousand years ago.
- Holozän
- Global environmental change
- Anthropogener Einfluss
- Paleoecology
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1