Keywords:
Human ecology.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789400773325
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1538880
DDC:
551.509
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I Early Atmospheres -- 1 Early Atmosphere-Ocean-Biosphere Systems -- Abstract -- References -- 2 Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Atmospheres -- Abstract -- References -- 3 Cenozoic Atmospheres and Early Hominins -- Abstract -- References -- Part II The Great Mass Extinctions of Species -- 4 Mass Extinction of Species -- Abstract -- 4.1…Acraman Impact and Acritarchs Radiation -- 4.2…Late Ordovician Mass Extinction -- 4.3…Late and End-Devonian Mass Extinctions -- 4.4…Late Permian and Permian--Triassic Mass Extinctions -- 4.5…End-Triassic Mass Extinction -- 4.6…Jurassic-Cretaceous Climate Anomalies -- 4.7…K--T (Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary) Mass Extinction -- 4.8…Paleocene-Eocene Extinction -- 4.9…The End-Eocene Freeze -- 4.10…Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes and Mass Extinctions -- References -- Part III Homo's Fire Blueprint -- 5 A Flammable Biosphere -- Abstract -- References -- 6 A Fire Species -- Abstract -- References -- 7 Climate and Holocene Civilizations -- Abstract -- References -- Part IV The Anthropocene Event Horizon -- 8 Homo sapiens' War Against Nature -- Abstract -- 8.1…Neolithic Burning and Early Global Warming -- 8.2…The Great Carbon Oxidation Event -- 8.3…The Sixth Mass Extinction of Species -- References -- 9 An Uncharted Climate Territory -- Abstract -- References -- 10 Homo Prometheus -- Abstract -- References -- Epilogue The 'Life Force' -- Appendices -- About the Author -- References -- Index.
