The Holocene: An Environmental History
Neil Roberts
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Description for The Holocene: An Environmental History
Hardcover. Written for a wide audience of earth scientists and climatologists, The Holocene: An Environmental History provides undergraduates with a much-needed coherent scientific account of the great transformation of nature that has taken place in the last 10,000 years. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 898.
The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 years ago. This period has witnessed a shift from environmental changes determined by natural forces to those dominated by human actions, including those of climate and greenhouse gases. Understanding the environmental changes - both natural and anthropogenic - that have occurred during the Holocene is of crucial importance if we are to achieve a sustainable environmental future.
Revised and updated to take full account of the most recent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118712573
SKU
V9781118712573
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Neil Roberts
Neil Roberts is Professor of Geography at Plymouth University in the UK and has been Visiting Senior Researcher at Stanford University, CA. His main research interests are in Holocene environmental change, especially lake sediment records of climate and human impact in Mediterranean regions. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and served on the US National Academies Committee ... Read more
Reviews for The Holocene: An Environmental History
“In conclusion, we find the new edition highly recommendable to students and researchers but to those who are interested in how our modern environment came about and how human kind interacts with nature.” (Geologos Journal, 1 August 2015) “All the sections are very well referenced, making this a good book for serious research or to dip into a ... Read more