| Main Title |
Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon [electronic resource] / |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Glikson, Andrew Y.
|
| Publisher |
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, |
| Year Published |
2014 |
| Call Number |
GB3-5030 |
| ISBN |
9789400773325 |
| Subjects |
Geography ;
Anthropology ;
Archaeology ;
Human Geography
|
| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
XIV, 174 p. 90 illus., 85 illus. in color. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
Early atmosphere-biosphere systems -- Palaeozoic and Mesozoic atmospheres -- Cenozoic atmospheres and early Hominins -- A flammable biosphere -- Homo Prometheus: a fire species -- Climate and Holocene civilizations -- Homo sapiens' war against nature -- An uncharted climate territory -- Homo Prometheus. Unique among all creatures, further to the increase in its cranial volume from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, the use of tools and cultural and scientific creativity, the genus Homo is distinguished by the mastery of fire, which since about two million years ago has become its blueprint. Through the Holocene and culminating in the Anthropocene, the burning of much of the terrestrial vegetation, excavation and combustion of fossil carbon from up to 420 million years-old biospheres, are leading to a global oxidation event on a geological scale, a rise in entropy in nature and the sixth mass extinction of species. |
| Place Published |
Dordrecht |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences, |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2014 |
| Series Title Untraced |
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences, |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20131011034610 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
02641nam a22005175i 45 |
