The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945
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The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945
The pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a new age—the Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planet’s biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties of this massive uncontrolled experiment.