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-the Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planet's biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties of this massive uncontrolled experiment.

• | By (Author): J. R. McNeill, Peter Engelke (Author)
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 04, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0674545036
• | ISBN-13: 9780674545038