Evolution of the atmosphere, fire and the Anthropocene climate event horizon [electronic resource] / Andrew Y. Glikson ; with a foreword by Professor H. J. Schellnhuber, Director, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Glikson, A. Y., author.
2014
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Title Evolution of the atmosphere, fire and the Anthropocene climate event horizon [electronic resource] / Andrew Y. Glikson ; with a foreword by Professor H. J. Schellnhuber, Director, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Author Glikson, A. Y., author.
ISBN 9789400773325 electronic book
9400773323 electronic book
9789400773318
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7332-5
Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-94-007-7332-5 doi
Call Number QC884
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.609/01
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 14, 2013).
Series SpringerBriefs in earth sciences.
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Palaeozoic and Mesozoic atmospheres
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Homo sapiens' war against nature
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