Human Impact on the Earth

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-521-36356-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 688 g

At a level accessible to the educated lay reader, this book describes the changes human activities have produced in the global environment from 300 years ago to the present day. It offers a comprehensive and authoritative inventory of human impact in its varied forms - on the oceans, atmosphere, and climate - ranging from long-standing alterations to new and surprising ones that have emerged in recent years, from environmental disasters to success stories of environmental management, and false alarms. This balanced, non-polemical survey will interest all those concerned about the environment and the likely fate of the planet.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meyer, William B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The Earth transformed by human action; 2. Changes in population and society; 3. The land; 4. Biota; 5. Water; 6. Chemical flows; 7. Oceans, atmosphere, climate; 8. Three centuries that shook the Earth; References; Index.