Adventures in the Anthropocene

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We live in epoch-making times. Literally. The changes we humans have made in recent decades have altered our world beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.5 billion-year history – we have become a force on a par with earth-shattering asteroids and planet-cloaking volcanoes. As a result, our planet is said to be crossing a geological boundary – from the Holocene into the Anthropocene, or Age of Man. Quitting her job at science journal ‘Nature’, Gaia Vince decided to travel the world at the start of this new age, to explore what all these changes really mean for the people living on the frontline of the planet we’ve made. She found ordinary people solving severe crises in ingenious, effective ways.

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Explore the impact of humans on the planet in this beautiful new edition of Gaia Vincent’s powerful work.

In recent decades human beings have altered the planet beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.5 billion-year history. We have become a force on a par with earth-shattering asteroids and planet-cloaking volcanoes. As a result, our planet is said to be crossing a geological boundary – from the Holocene into the Anthropocene, or the Age of Man.

Gaia Vince quit her job to travel the world and to explore what all these changes really mean to our daily lives. She discovers the shocking ways in which we have reshaped our living planet and reveals the ingenious solutions we’ve evolved to engineer Earth for the future.

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Weight 341 g
Dimensions 17.8 × 12.9 × 2.9 cm
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Paperback
Pages

464
Language

English
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Dewey

363.7 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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