Global Environmental Change: A Natural and Cultural Environmental History

Global Environmental Change: A Natural and Cultural Environmental History
ISBN-10
1317889398
ISBN-13
9781317889397
Series
Global Environmental Change
Category
Science
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2014-09-19
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Antoinette Mannion

Description

Now in its second edition. This text has been extensively revised and rewritten to reflect the growth in environmental research during the last decade. Human-induced environmental change is occurring at such a rapid rate that, inevitably, the fundamental processes involved in biogeochemical cycling are being altered. Global Environmental Change considers alterations to the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and other elements as a result of industrial/technological development and agriculture, which have significantly altered the natural environment. The book adopts a temporal and spatial approach to environmental change, beginning with the natural environmental change of the Quaternery period and continuing with the culturally-induced change since the inception of agriculture 10,000 years ago.

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