Screen LibraryThe birth of the Anthropocene /
"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 remarkab...
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oakland, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| 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 Anthro |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 234 pages : map ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520289970 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0520289978 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9780520289987 (paperback : alkaline paper) 0520289986 (paperback : alkaline paper) 9780520964334 (electronic) 0520964330 (electronic) |
| Index Number: | GE149 |
| CLC: | X21 |
| Call Number: | X21/D256 |
| 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. |