Screen LibraryAdventures in the Anthropocene : a journey to the heart of the planet we made /
We live in epoch-making times. Literally. The changes we humans have made in recent decades have altered our world beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.5 billion-year history -- we have become a force on a par with earth-shattering asteroids and planet-cloaking volcanoes. As a result, our pla...
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Chatto & Windus,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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We live in epoch-making times. Literally. The changes we humans have made in recent decades have altered our world beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.5 billion-year history -- we have become a force on a par with earth-shattering asteroids and planet-cloaking volcanoes. As a result, our planet is said to be crossing a geological boundary -- from the Holocene into the Anthropocene, or Age of Man. Quitting her job at science journal Nature, Gaia Vince decided to travel the world at the start of this new age, to explore what all these changes really mean for the people living on the fr |
| Carrier Form: | 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780701187354 0701187352 9780701187347 0701187344 |
| Index Number: | GE149 |
| CLC: | X24 |
| Call Number: | X24/V767 |
| Contents: | Atmosphere -- Mountains -- Rivers -- Farmlands -- Oceans -- Deserts -- Savannahs -- Forests -- Rocks -- Cities. |