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Living in the anthropocene : Earth in the age of humans / edited by W. John Kress and Jeffrey K. Stine ; foreword by Elizabeth Kolbert ; afterword by Edward O. Wilson.

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Smithsonian Books, in association with Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2017.

Nature -- Effect of human beings on.

Global environmental change.

9781588346018 (hc.)

x, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Introduction / W. John Kress and Jeffrey K. Stine -- I The advent of the Anthropocene / J. R. McNeill -- Thinking like a mountain in the Anthropocene / Scott L. Wing -- The underwater Anthropocene / Douglass J. McCauley -- What will it mean to be human? / Rick Potts -- Rethinking economic growth / Paula Caballero and Carter J. Brandon -- II Drivers of change -- The fire that made the future / Stephen J. Pyne -- A new dream of the Earth / Wade Davis -- Locating ourselves in relation to the natural world / Lindsay L. Clarkson -- Temperate forest: A tale of the Anthropocene / Sean M. McMahon -- Urban nature / Human nature / Peter Del Tredici -- Atmospheric and the Anthropocene / Kelly Chance -- Beyond the biosphere: Expanding the limits of the human world / Lisa Ruth Band -- III Responding to change -- Archaeology and the future of our planet / Torben C. Rick -- Living on a changing planet: Why indigenous voices matter / Igor Krupnik -- Black and green: The forgotten commitment to sustainability / Lonnie G. Bunch III -- Forest succession and human agency in an uncertain future / Robin L. Chazdon -- Ocean 2.0 / J. Emmett Duffy -- The Earth is a garden / Ari Novy, Peter H. Raven, and Holly H. Shimizu -- Human health in the Anthropocene / George E. Luber -- IV Visual culture -- The city in the sea: Alexis Rockman's Anthropocene imaginings / Joanna Marsh -- African art and the Anthropocene / Karen E. Milbourne -- Why polar bears? Seeing the Arctic anew / Subhankar Banerjee -- The return of the boomerang / Luc Jacquet -- Filmmaking in the Anthropocene / John Grabowska -- Picturing planetary peril: Visual media and the environment crisis / Finis Dunaway -- V The way forward -- Dragons in the greenhouse: The value of knowledge and the danger of uncertainty / Richard B. Alley -- Why scientist and engineers must work together / G. Wayne Clough -- Hazards to our heritage: choices and solutions / Corine Wegner -- The unequal anthropocene / Rob Nixon -- The global commons / Naoko Ishii -- Can we redefine the Anthropocene? / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Afterword / Edward O. Wilson

"Although we arrived only recently in Earth's timeline, humans are driving major changes to the planet's ecosystems. Even now, the basic requirements for human life--air, water, shelter, food, nature, and culture--are rapidly transforming the planet as billions of people compete for resources. These changes have become so noticeable on a global scale that scientists believe we are living in a new chapter in Earth's story: the Anthropocene, or Age of Humans. This collection of essays contextualizes the Anthropocene by presenting paleontological, historical, and contemporary views of various human effects on Earth. It discusses environmental and biological systems that have been changed and affected; the causes of the Anthropocene, such as agricultural spread, pollution, and urbanization; how societies are responding and adapting to these changes; how these changes have been represented in art, film, television, and literature; and finally, offers a look toward the future of our environment and our own lives"--Provided by publisher.

Kress, W. John.

Stine, Jeffrey K.

Kolbert, Elizabeth.

Wilson, Edward O.

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