{"product_id":"the-plutocene-blueprints-for-a-post-anthropocene-greenhouse-earth-von-andrew-y-glikson","title":"The Plutocene: Blueprints for a Post-Anthropocene Greenhouse Earth","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eThis book presents projections and blueprints of the future geologic period, climate and biosphere, based on our current understanding of the Earth’s history and recent developments in the atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        By the second decade of the 21st century it has become clear that, rather than channel its efforts into protecting its planetary biosphere and living species, \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003eHomo\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003esapiens \u003c\/i\u003e\n                                        continues to sink its remaining resources into weapons, including nuclear missiles – thus increasing the risk of intentional or accidental spread of radioactive nuclides on land, oceans and atmosphere.\n                    \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        With time, possibility becomes probability, and probability becomes certainty ‒ heralding a transition from the \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003eAnthropocene\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         to a new geological period, named here as \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003ePlutocene\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         after the element Plutonium. During the \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003ePlutocene\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         the biosphere is dominated by elevated temperatures, analogous to the \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003ePliocene\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         (2.6 – 5.3 Ma ago) or the \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003eMiocene\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         (5.3 - 23 Ma ago) when mean global temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees Celsius warmer and sea levels 20 to 40 meters higher than pre-industrial levels. High levels of radioactivity will persist for at least 20,000 years and acid oceans will severely limit biological activity to the hardiest species. Atmospheric CO\n                    \n                    \u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e\n                                         higher than 500 ppm with residence time on the order of thousands of years will delay the subsequent glacial cycle.\n                    \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        These factors restrict comparisons of the \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003ePlutocene \u003c\/i\u003e\n                                        with biosphere conditions during the \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003eMiocene\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         and \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003ePliocene\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         periods, partly because the flora and fauna evolved more gradually during these periods, unlike the abrupt climate shift of state during the second half of the 20\n                    \n                    \u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\n                                         century and first part of the 21\n                    \n                    \u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e\n                                         century. Following a long lull in biological activity dominated by radiation-resistant organisms, especially Arthropods, a resumption of glacial cycles and decline in radioactivity will lead to the re-emergence of descendants of burrowing mammals and other genera. Depending on the intensity of radioactive pollution, hunter-gatherer humans may survive in northern latitudes, relatively cold high-altitude mountain valleys and elevated volcanic islands. In some areas subsistence farming may be possible. A new cycle will commence.\n                    \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783319572369\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783319861104\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9783319572369","offer_id":40611117105245,"sku":"9783319572369","price":128.39,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover - 9783319861104","offer_id":39605881045085,"sku":"9783319861104","price":128.39,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/309b329c-5a53-43b3-9acc-4b0c13f076dc.jpg?v=1775884212","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-plutocene-blueprints-for-a-post-anthropocene-greenhouse-earth-von-andrew-y-glikson","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}