The event horizon : homo Prometheus and the climate catastrophe / / Andrew Y. Glikson |
Autore | Glikson A. Y. |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 134 p. 75 illus., 70 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 363.73874 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on
Human beings - Effect of climate on Climatology - Philosophy |
ISBN | 3-030-54734-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: From Homo Prometheus to Terra Incognita -- Greenhouse gases and mass extinction of species -- The K-T impact-triggered hyperthermal event -- The Paleocene-Eocene boundary Thermal Maximum -- Cenozoic climates -- Human origins -- Fire and human intelligence -- The Gods and the death cult -- The war against the forests -- Fatal energies -- The Anthropocene hyperthermal Collapse of the Earth's life support systems -- The Fatal species -- An Epilogue. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484389003321 |
Glikson A. Y.
![]() |
||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The fatal species : from warlike primates to planetary mass extinction / / Andrew Y. Glikson |
Autore | Glikson A. Y. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (133 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.73874 |
Soggetto topico | Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on |
ISBN | 3-030-75468-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Preamble: The killing of Gaia -- Contents -- 1 Rare Earth -- 2 Ancient Fires -- 3 Swarm Intelligence -- 4 Amazons and Misogynous Apes -- 5 River Empires and Divine Rulers -- 6 Human Sacrifice -- 7 On Slavery and Genocide -- 8 From Space Lunacy to Mad Max's Fury Road -- TV or not To Be -- 9 The Triumph of the Absurd -- 10 Burning the Lungs of Earth -- 11 I Am Shiva -- 12 The Swan Song -- 13 Eli's Lost World -- 13.1 King Brown -- 13.2 The Queen Ant -- 13.3 The Dingo -- Bibliography -- Peer Review Papers and Books -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910488723603321 |
Glikson A. Y.
![]() |
||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|