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portada Descargar ficha PDF Título: Plows, Plagues, And Petroleum: How Humans Took Control Of Climate
Autor: Ruddiman, William Precio: $449.00
Editorial: Princeton University Press Año: 2016
Tema: Cambio Climatico, Clima Edición:
Sinopsis ISBN: 9780691173214
The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate since it was first published--arguing that humans have actually been changing the climate for some 8,000 years--as a result of the earlier discovery of agriculture.

The "Ruddiman Hypothesis" will spark intense debate. We learn that the impact of farming on greenhouse-gas levels, thousands of years before the industrial revolution, kept our planet notably warmer than if natural climate cycles had prevailed--quite possibly forestalling a new ice age
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