The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks

The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks pdf

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Jan Zalasiewicz, professore di paleobiologia all'Università di Leicester, approfondisce l'Antropocene. Jan Zalasiewicz è Professore di Paleobiologia all'Università di Leicester, Regno Unito. All'inizio della sua carriera è stato geologo sul campo e paleontologo presso il British Geological Survey, lavorando per decifrare gli strati dell'Inghilterra orientale e poi le montagne del Galles centrale. Ora insegna geologia e storia della Terra a studenti universitari e post-laurea e studia ecosistemi e ambienti fossili in oltre mezzo miliardo di anni di tempo geologico. Negli ultimi anni è stato coinvolto nello sviluppo di idee sull'Antropocene, il concetto secondo cui gli esseri umani ora guidano gran parte della geologia sulla superficie della Terra, e presiede il Gruppo di lavoro sull'Antropocene della Commissione Internazionale sulla Stratigrafia.

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The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks pdf da Jan Zalasiewicz

Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz takes the reader on a fascinating trip one hundred million years into the future--long after the human race becomes extinct--to explore what will remain of our brief but dramatic sojourn on Earth. He describes how geologists in the far future might piece together the history of the planet, and slowly decipher the history of humanity from the traces we will leave impressed in the rock strata. What story will the rocks tell of us? What kind of fossils will humans leave behind? What will happen to cities, cars, and plastic cups? The trail leads finally to the bones of the inhabitants of petrified cities that have slept deep underground for many millions of years. As thought-provoking as it is engaging, this book simultaneously explains the geological mechanisms that shape our planet, from fossilization to plate tectonics, illuminates the various ingenious ways in which geologists and paleontologist work, and offers a final perspective on humanity and its actions that may prove to be more objective than any other.

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