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Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon [electronic resource] / by Andrew Y. Glikson.

By: Glikson, Andrew Y [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences: Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XIV, 174 p. 90 illus., 85 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400773325.Subject(s): Geography | Anthropology | Archaeology | Human Geography | Earth Sciences | Earth System Sciences | Climate Change Impacts | Archaeology | Anthropology | Human GeographyDDC classification: 550 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Early atmosphere-biosphere systems -- Palaeozoic and Mesozoic atmospheres -- Cenozoic atmospheres and early Hominins -- A flammable biosphere -- Homo Prometheus: a fire species -- Climate and Holocene civilizations -- Homo sapiens’ war against nature -- An uncharted climate territory -- Homo Prometheus.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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Early atmosphere-biosphere systems -- Palaeozoic and Mesozoic atmospheres -- Cenozoic atmospheres and early Hominins -- A flammable biosphere -- Homo Prometheus: a fire species -- Climate and Holocene civilizations -- Homo sapiens’ war against nature -- An uncharted climate territory -- Homo Prometheus.

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.

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