Timefulness - How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
(Sprache: Englisch)
Marcia Bjornerud shows how geologists chart the planet's past, explaining how we can determine the pace of solid Earth processes such as mountain building and erosion and comparing them with the more unstable rhythms of the oceans and atmosphere. These...
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Marcia Bjornerud shows how geologists chart the planet's past, explaining how we can determine the pace of solid Earth processes such as mountain building and erosion and comparing them with the more unstable rhythms of the oceans and atmosphere. These overlapping rates of change in the Earth system--some fast, some slow--demand a poly-temporal worldview, one that Bjornerud calls "timefulness." She explains why timefulness is vital in the Anthropocene, this human epoch of accelerating planetary change, and proposes sensible solutions for building a more time-literate society. This compelling book presents a new way of thinking about our place in time, enabling us to make decisions on multigenerational timescales. The lifespan of Earth may seem unfathomable compared to the brevity of human existence, but this view of time denies our deep roots in Earth's history--and the magnitude of our effects on the planet.
Autoren-Porträt von Marcia Bjornerud
Marcia Bjornerud is professor of geology and environmental studies at Lawrence University. She is the author of Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth and a contributing writer for Elements, the New Yorker's science and technology blog. She lives in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Marcia Bjornerud
- 2018, 224 Seiten, Masse: 15,1 x 22,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691181209
- ISBN-13: 9780691181202
- Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2018
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Englisch
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