Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System

by Ian Angus

Book Overview

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. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but a crisis of the Earth System. If business as usual continues, this century will be marked by rapid deterioration of our physical, social, and economic environment. Large parts of Earth will become...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583676090
• ISBN13: 9781583676097
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"