Anthropocene
A Very Short Introduction
(Sprache: Englisch)
Climate scientists, geologists, ecologists, and archaeologists recognize the profound effects of human activity on Earth, though whether and how this should be recognized as a formal geological epoch - the Anthropocene - remains under debate, Erle Ellis...
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Climate scientists, geologists, ecologists, and archaeologists recognize the profound effects of human activity on Earth, though whether and how this should be recognized as a formal geological epoch - the Anthropocene - remains under debate, Erle Ellis describes how the Anthropocene concept is affecting the sciences, humanities, and politics.
Klappentext zu „Anthropocene “
Climate scientists, geologists, ecologists, and archaeologists recognize the profound effects of human activity on Earth, though whether and how this should be recognized as a formal geological epoch - the Anthropocene - remains under debate, Erle Ellis describes how the Anthropocene concept is affecting the sciences, humanities, and politics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Anthropocene “
- 1: Origins
- 2: Earth System
- 3: Geologic Time
- 4: The Great Acceleration
- 5: Anthropos
- 6: Oikos
- 7: Politikos
- 8: Prometheus
- Further Reading
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Erle C. Ellis
Erle C. Ellis is Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). His research investigates the ecology of human landscapes at local to global scales towards informing sustainable stewardship of the biosphere in the Anthropocene. He teaches environmental science and landscape ecology at UMBC, and has taught ecology at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Ellis is a member of the Anthropocene Working Group of the Subcommission of Quaternary Stratigraphy of the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the scientific steering committee of the Global Land Programme, formerly of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), now of its successor organization, Future Earth, and a senior fellow of the Breakthrough Institute.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Erle C. Ellis
- 2018, xxii, 183 Seiten, Maße: 10,8 x 17,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198792980
- ISBN-13: 9780198792987
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
In this Very Short Introduction, Professor Ellis illustrates the issues of establishing a new epoch beautifully and also gives an excellent history of the Anthropocene's development as an idea. Jonathan Scafidi, Geoscientist
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