Mark Maslin, “Embracing the Anthropocene: Managing Human Impact” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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Anthroposine, Anthoposine?
16 ten could be associated with three objective geological markers, when a human started farming five thousand years ago. The annexation of the americas and depopulation allowed europe to industrialize. It's really interesting, if you think about it,. China has an empire for five thousand years, doesn't have an industrial revolution. Egypt, another four to five thousand year empire, no industrial revolution. But europe does.
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