The Anthropocene : 101 Questions and Answers for Understanding the Human Impact on the Global Environment.
An authoritative desk-top reference work for students of geography, the environment and sustainability, which through a series of 101 interconnected questions and answers spanning ten thematic sections, provides a comprehensive survey of humankind's impact on the global environment from the Lat...
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Newcastle Upon Tyne :
Agenda Publishing,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Metrics and measures
- Introduction
- References
- Section I The Anthropocene and the Earth system: foundational concepts
- References
- Q1 What is the Anthropocene?
- References
- Q2 Is the Anthropocene a geological time unit?
- References
- Q3 What is the Earth system?
- References
- Q4 What are biogeochemical cycles?
- References
- Q5 What is albedo?
- References
- Q6 What are ecosystems, landscapes and biomes?
- References
- Q7 What are environmental (ecosystem) services?
- References
- Q8 Are global environmental change and climate change different?
- References
- Q9 Are the totality of human impacts on the Earth system novel?
- References
- Section II The emergence of the Anthropocene
- References
- Q10 Did Stone Age people change the Earth system?
- References
- Q11 Did early agriculturalists change the Earth system as proposed by the Ruddiman hypothesis?
- References
- Q12 Did the early colonial era change the Earth system?
- References
- Q13 Has the industrial era affected the Earth system?
- References
- Q14 Are we entering a new technological era beyond the industrial one?
- References
- Q15 Is the Anthropocene concept applicable in the distant past?
- References
- Section III Human changes to the land surface/lithosphere
- References
- Q16 Has human activity changed the land surface of the Earth?
- References
- Q17 Has human activity changed forests?
- References
- Q18 Why does tropical deforestation attract so much attention?
- References
- Q19 What is the forest transition thesis and its relevance to global forests?
- References
- Q20 How much land is cultivated and what are its environmental consequences?
- References
- Q21 Has human activity eroded and degraded soils globally?
- References
- Q22 Will agriculture require less land in the future as proposed by the Borlaug hypothesis?
- References
- Q23 Does land taken out of cultivation decrease the global area cultivated or lead to displacement and land-grabbing?
- References
- Q24 How much grasslands and pastures have been altered or degraded globally?
- References
- Q25 What are co-adapted landscapes?
- References
- Q26 What is desertification and how much has occurred?
- References
- Q27 Does human landscape burning have Earth system impacts?
- References
- Q28 Has human activity reduced mangrove forests?
- References
- Q29 Has human activity on tundra influenced climate warming?
- References
- Q30 Has human activity created land subsidence worldwide?
- References
- Q31 Does urbanization impact the Earth system?
- References
- Section IV Human changes to the hydrosphere
- References
- Q32 Has human activity altered the hydrological (water) cycle?
- References