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The Anthropocene: The Human Era and How It Shapes Our Planet
Christian Schwägerl
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: RBG; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
More than a decade ago, Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen first suggested that we were now living in the "Anthropocene," a new geological epoch in which human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth was already an undeniable reality. Crutzen's ideas inspired Christian Schwägerl to do further documentation and to write this stimulating book. "...intellectually exciting book...shows us how we humans turn our relationship with Nature upside down." -- Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) "Schwagerl may not be summoning the apocalypse so much as ringing in the Sunrise World as ... Read more
More than a decade ago, Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen first suggested that we were now living in the "Anthropocene," a new geological epoch in which human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth was already an undeniable reality. Crutzen's ideas inspired Christian Schwägerl to do further documentation and to write this stimulating book. "...intellectually exciting book...shows us how we humans turn our relationship with Nature upside down." -- Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) "Schwagerl may not be summoning the apocalypse so much as ringing in the Sunrise World as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Synergetic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, NM, United States
ISBN
9780907791546
SKU
V9780907791546
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About Christian Schwägerl
Christian Schwägerl has been a political, science and environmental journalist for more than 20 years. He first studied biology at the University of Berlin, completing his Master of Science degree at the University of Reading. He is a past winner of the "Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism," the IUCN-Reuters Media Awards for excellence in Environmental Reporting ... Read more
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