The Anthropocene disruption / by Robert William Sandford, EPCOR Chair, Water and Climate Security, United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Losing Earth -- 2. The Anthropocene : how the term came to be -- 3. Defining a new geological epoch : the stratigraphic justification -- 4. Sticking to the science : the evolution of the Anthropocene concept -- 5. The Anthropocene : why is it seen as a rupture? -- 6. A deep adaptation agenda -- 7. Wisdom in an age of climate crisis -- Afterword. Are we doomed? Conscious evolution : the case for hope -- Appendix. Questions about the Anthropocene disruption.

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"In what is now being heralded as the Second Copernican Revolution, Earth scientists have discovered that our self-regulating planetary life support system is a single, dynamic integrated system, and not a collection of ecosystems as we once thought. The view that the planet needs to be understood as a unified, complex, evolving system that is more than the sum of its parts has led in turn to three linked breakthroughs in Earth system science: the first is the concept of the Anthropocene, which suggests we have entered a new geological epoch defined by human influence on Earth system function; the second is the concept of The Great Acceleration, the extraordinary increase in human impacts on Earth system function since the end of the Second World War; and finally the concept of Planetary Boundaries, limits within which we need to stay if we are to create a safe and viable planet for humanity to survive.This latest RMB Manifesto addresses some of the most challenging questions of our time as humanity continues to march past the dawn of a new, human-influenced epoch"-- Publisher's description.

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