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Reviews the evidence underpinning the Anthropocene as a geological epoch written by the Anthropocene Working Group investigating it. The book discusses ongoing

Unique among all creatures, further to the increase in its cranial volume from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, the use of tools and cultural and scientific cr

This book presents projections and blueprints of the future geologic period, climate and biosphere, based on our current understanding of the Earth’s history