The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit pdf

莱斯特大学古生物学教授 扬·扎拉谢维奇 深入研究了人类世。 Jan Zalasiewicz 是英国莱斯特大学古生物学教授。 在早期的职业生涯中，他是英国地质调查局的野外地质学家和古生物学家，致力于破译英格兰东部的地层，然后是威尔士中部的山脉。 现在，他为本科生和研究生教授地质学和地球历史，并研究超过 50 亿年地质时间的化石生态系统和环境。 在过去的几年里，他一直参与帮助发展关于人类世的想法，这是人类现在在地球表面推动大量地质学的概念，并担任国际地层学委员会人类世工作组的主席。

The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit pdf 扬·扎拉谢维奇

The Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time period during which human actions have had a drastic effect on the Earth and its ecosystems. This book presents evidence for defining the Anthropocene as a geological epoch, written by the high-profile international team analysing its potential addition to the geological time scale. The evidence ranges from chemical signals arising from pollution, to landscape changes associated with urbanisation, and biological changes associated with species invasion and extinctions. Global environmental change is placed within the context of planetary processes and deep geological time, allowing the reader to appreciate the scale of human-driven change and compare the global transition taking place today with major transitions in Earth history. This is an authoritative review of the Anthropocene for graduate students and academic researchers across scientific, social science and humanities disciplines.