The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History Of Anthropocene Since 1945 Peter Engelke Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

The Earth Has Entered A New Age—The Anthropocene—In Which Humans Are Most Powerful Influence On Global Ecology Since Mid-Twentieth Century Accelerating Pace Of Energy Use Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Population Growth Thrust Planet Into Massive Uncontrolled Experiment Great Acceleration Explains Its Causes Consequences Highlighting Role Systems As Well Trends In Climate Change Urbanization Environmentalism More Than Any Other Factor Human Dependence Fossil Fuels Inaugurated Anthropocene Before 1700 People Used Little Way But Over Next Two Hundred Years Coal Became Important Source When Oil Picture Soon Accounted For Seventy-Five Percent This Allowed Far Economic Activity Produced Higher Standard Living Had Ever Known—But It Created Ecological Disruption We Now Period From 1945 To Present Represents Anomalous History Humanity’s Relationship With Biosphere Three-Quarters Carbon Dioxide Have Contributed Atmosphere Accumulated World War Ii Ended Number Nearly Tripled So Dramatically Altered Planet’s Biogeochemical Without Consciously Managing Them If Try Control These Through Geoengineering Will Inaugurate Another Stage Where Might Lead No One Can Say Sure Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0404 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm