The Anthropocene is an authoritative desk-top reference work for
students of geography, the environment and sustainability. Through
a series of 101 interconnected questions and answers spanning ten
thematic sections, the book provides a comprehensive survey of
humankind's impact on the global environment from the Late Stone
Age to the present day. Unrivalled in scope, the book distills the
latest research findings and scholarship across a remarkable range
of topics concerning the evolving human-environment relationship.
These include the broad history of human-induced changes in the
environmental conditions of the planet; the major human impacts on
the Earth and their consequences; and the different causes and
rationales applied to understanding these environmental changes.
All questions are answered succinctly and rigorously and draw on a
wealth of contemporary evidence and scientific theories. The book
is colour illustrated throughout, answers are fully
cross-referenced and further readings are suggested for those
wishing to delve deeper. For anyone seeking to understand the
human-induced changes to our planet and the challenges these pose
for sustainability, this book is an invaluable resource. It
provides a masterly presentation of the human footprint on the
Earth system.
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