The Plutocene: Blueprints for a Post-Anthropocene Greenhouse Earth (Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (568 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319572369 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 154 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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A new cycle will commence.. Following a long lull in biological activity dominated by radiation-resistant organisms, especially Arthropods, a resumption of glacial cycles and decline in radioactivity will lead to the re-emergence of descendants of burrowing mammals and other genera. This book presents projections and blueprints of the future geologic period, climate and biosphere, based on our current understanding of the Earth’s history and recent developments in the atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere system.By the second decade of the 21st century it has become clear that, rather than channel its efforts into protecting its planetary biosphere and living species,
From the Back CoverThis book presents projections and blueprints of the future geologic period, climate and biosphere, based on our current understanding of the Earth’s history and recent developments in the atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere system.By the second decade of the 21st century it has become clear that, rather than channel its efforts into protecting its planetary biosphere and living species, Homosapiens continues to sink its remaining resources into weapons, including nuclear missiles – thus increasing the risk of intentional or accidental spread of radioactive nuclides on land, oceans and atmosphere. With time, possibility becomes probability, and probability becomes certainty heralding a transition from the Anthropocene to a new geological period, named here as Plutocene after the element Plutonium. Atmospheric CO2 higher than 500 ppm with residence time on the order of thousan
Glikson, an Earth and paleo-climate scientist, studied geology at the University of Jerusalem and graduated at the University of Western Australia in 1968. Since 2005 he studied the relations between climate and human evolution. He conducted geological surveys of the oldest geological formations in Australia, South Africa, India and Canada; studied large asteroid impacts, including effects on the atmosphere and oceans of mass extinction of species. He w