The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene Since 1945

by Peter Engelke, J.R. McNeill, John Robert McNeill

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674545036
• ISBN13: 9780674545038
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"