The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks 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 Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks pdf 扬·扎拉谢维奇

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.