Its a question that has engaged climate scientists for more than a decade: Not if human activity impacts the environment, but when did that impact start to be significant? Was it in the mid-18th century, as long believed, with the Industrial Revolution producing huge amounts in greenhouse gas emissions? Or did it actually begin thousands of years earlier, as a result of the discovery and spread of agricultural practices?
| ISBN: | 9781464107764 |
| Publication date: | 10th September 2013 |
| Author: | W F Ruddiman |
| Publisher: | W.H. Freeman and Company an imprint of W. H. Freeman |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Genres: |
Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere |
Its a question that has engaged climate scientists for more than a decade: Not if human activity impacts the environment, but when did that impact start to be significant? Was it in the mid-18th century, as long believed, with the Industrial Revolution producing huge amounts in greenhouse gas emissions? Or did it actually begin thousands of years earlier, as a result of the discovery and spread of agricultural practices?
Earth Transformed features in the following genres: Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere
Earth Transformed is available in Paperback
Earth Transformed was written by W F Ruddiman and published by W.H. Freeman and Company an imprint of W. H. Freeman
Earth Transformed has 400 pages
£44.09