The Human Planet
How We Created the Anthropocene
Reeks: Pelican Books
Simon Lewis ; Mark A. Maslin
- 'Brilliantly
- written
- and
- genuinely
- one
- of
- the
- most
- important
- books
- I
- have
- ever
- read'
- -
- Ellie
- Mae
- O'HaganAn
- engrossing
- exploration
- of
- the
- science,
- history
- and
- politics
- of
- the
- Anthropocene,
- one
- of
- the
- most
- important
- scientific
- ideas
- of
- our
- time,
- from
- two
- world-renowned
- expertsMeteorites,
- methane,
- mega-volcanoes
- and
- now
- human
- beings;
- the
- old
- forces
- of
- nature
- that
- transformed
- Earth
- many
- millions
- of
- years
- ago
- are
- joined
- by
- another:
- us.
- Our
- actions
- have
- driven
- Earth
- into
- a
- new
- geological
- epoch,
- the
- Anthropocene.
- For
- the
- first
- time
- in
- our
- home
- planet's
- 4.5-billion
- year
- history
- a
- single
- species
- is
- dictating
- Earth's
- future.To
- some
- the
- Anthropocene
- symbolises
- a
- future
- of
- superlative
- control
- of
- our
- environment.
- To
- others
- it
- is
- the
- height
- of
- hubris,
- the
- illusion
- of
- our
- mastery
- over
- nature.
- Whatever
- your
- view,
- just
- below
- the
- surface
- of
- this
- odd-sounding
- scientific
- word,
- the
- Anthropocene,
- is
- a
- heady
- mix
- of
- science,
- philosophy,
- religion
- and
- politics
- linked
- to
- our
- deepest
- fears
- and
- utopian
- visions.Tracing
- our
- environmental
- impact
- through
- time
- to
- reveal
- when
- humans
- began
- to
- dominate
- Earth,
- scientists
- Simon
- Lewis
- and
- Mark
- Maslin
- masterfully
- show
- what
- the
- new
- epoch
- means
- for
- all
- of us.
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