Human Impact on the Earth

At a level accessible to the general reader, this balanced and non-polemical book describes the changes human activities have produced in the global environment from 300 years ago to today.

William B. Meyer (Author)

9780521558471, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 23 February 1996

264 pages, 41 b/w illus. 7 maps 14 tables
24.6 x 18.9 x 1.4 cm, 0.48 kg

'To the general reader concerned about the environment or willing to achieve a better understanding of the human dimensions of global change, I recommend reading this book.' Pure and Applied Geophysics

At a level accessible to the educated lay reader, this book describes the 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 oceans, atmosphere, and climate - ranging from long-standing alterations to new and surprising ones that have emerged in recent years, from environmental disasters to success stories of environmental management, and false alarms. This balanced, non-polemical survey will interest all those concerned about the environment and the likely fate of the planet.

Preface
1. The Earth transformed by human action
2. Changes in population and society
3. The land
4. Biota
5. Water
6. Chemical flows
7. Oceans, atmosphere, climate
8. Three centuries that shook the Earth
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Applied ecology [RNC], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]