The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History Of The Anthropocene Since 1945

The pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a new age??he Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planet?? biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties of this massive uncontrolled experiment.

• | Author: J. R. Mcneill|Peter Engelke
• | Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint Of Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 04, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0674545036
• | ISBN-13: 9780674545038