Facing the Anthropocene Angus Ian
Facing the Anthropocene Angus Ian Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun--the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans,…
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Facing the Anthropocene Angus Ian
Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun--the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. If business as usual continues, this century will be marked by rapid deterioration of our physical, social, and economic environment. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but a crisis of the Earth System.
Facing the Anthropocene shows what has caused this planetary emergency, and what we must do to meet the challenge.Bridging the gap between Earth System science and ecological Marxism, Ian Angus examines not only the latest scientific findings about the physical causes and consequences of the Anthropocene transition, but also the social and economic trends that underlie the Large parts of Earth will become uninhabitable, and civilization itself will be threatened.