Human impact on the earth
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Author
Publication
1996 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
63,250 words, Guess
Page Count
253 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1279036M
- ISBN-10052136356X
- OCLC Control Number32396671
- OCLC Control Numberhumanimpactonear0000meye
- Library of Congress Control Number95010818
and 2 more
- LibraryThing6122247
- Goodreads3656785
Classifications
- DDC304.2
- LCCGF75 .M456 1996
Description
At a level accessible to the educated lay reader, this book describes what changes human activities have produced in the global environment from 300 years ago to the present day. It offers a comprehensive and authoritative inventory of human impact in its varied forms - on the land, oceans, atmosphere, and climate - ranging from long-standing alterations to new and surprising ones that have emerged in recent years, from environmental disasters to false alarms to success stories of environmental management. This balanced, nonpolemical survey will interest all those concerned about the environment and the likely fate of the planet.
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- Human impact on the earth
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