Living in the anthropocene : earth in the age of humans
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Kress, W. John, editor.
Stine, Jeffrey K., editor.
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Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, in association with Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, [2017].
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x, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Published
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, in association with Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, [2017].
Street Date
1709
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A collection of thirty-two essays by leading thinkers across the disciplines. These essays explore the Anthropocene from scientific, anthropological, social, artistic, and economic points of view. They seek to understand the drivers of human-induced environmental change as well as how people and planetary systems are adaptng to such change. Each writer offers invaluable insight into Earth's future as the Anthropocene accelerates.,--adapted from jacket.

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Global environmental change.
Human ecology.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.