Anthropocene by Ellis, Erle C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of illustrations 1 Origins

A great force of nature Changing history Origin stories 23 October 4004 bc The first Copernican revolution Layers of time Naked Ape A minor role Changing Earth The end of nature A new chapter

2 Earth system

Spheres and cycles Gaia reborn The Great Oxygenation Carbon and climate Keeling’s Curve The ozone hole The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Changing the system

3 Geologic time

Origins of stratigraphy Geochronology The Geologic Time Scale Golden spikes The Quaternary The Anthropocene Working Group

4 The Great Acceleration

Planet Under Pressure Domesticating land Hydrosphere Biosphere Nitrogen Atmosphere and climate Tipping points Something new

5 Anthropos

The ultimate ecosystem engineers Ancestors A first Great Acceleration Defaunation A megafauna Anthropocene? Agriculture The Early Anthropogenic Hypothesis Scaling up and out A global world system Human time Thicker and deeper

6 Oikos

Dividing nature The Pristine Myth Disturbance A sixth mass extinction Homogocene Shifting baselines Rambunctious garden Social-ecological systems Anthropogenic biosphere Limits to growth Planetary boundaries

7 Politikos

Hubris Epochalypse Colliding histories Whose Anthropocene? Capitalocene Governance Chthulucene Reflections

8 Prometheus

Driving the spike Going deeper Technosphere Anthroposphere Geoengineering Icarus Good Anthropocenes Let there be light

Chronology: Potential Anthropocene beginnings, with proposed GSSP markers in bold References Index Social Media Deserts Landscapes and Geomorphology