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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.

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Among the first scholarly works to make explicit use of the geological framework of the Anthropocene for the purpose of rethinking the grand narratives of global economic change. -- Fredrik Albritton Jonsson * Public Books *

The Great Acceleration An Environmental History

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 4 April 2016
      ISBN-13 9780674545038
      978-0674545038
      ISBN-10 0674545036
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      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Geography The environment Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      Among the first scholarly works to make explicit use of the geological framework of the Anthropocene for the purpose of rethinking the grand narratives of global economic change. -- Fredrik Albritton Jonsson * Public Books *

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