The Holocene

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The Holocene provides students, researchers andlay-readers with the remarkable story of how the natural world hasbeen transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000years ago. This period has witnessed a shift fromenvironmental changes determined by natural forces to thosedominated by human actions, including those of climate andgreenhouse gases. Understanding the environmental changes - bothnatural and anthropogenic - that have occurred during the Holoceneis of crucial importance if we are to achieve a sustainableenvironmental future. Revised and updated to take full account of the most recentadvances, the third edition of this classic text includessubstantial material on the scientific methods that are used toreconstruct and date past environments, as well as new conceptssuch as the Anthropocene. The book is fully-illustrated, global incoverage, and contains case studies, a glossary and more than 500new references.

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Neil Roberts

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Climatology & Palaeoclimatology Earth Sciences Geomorphologie Geowissenschaften Holozän Klimatologie u. Paläoklimatologie Quartärforschung, Glaziologie Quaternary Science & Glaciology Umweltwissenschaften

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"In conclusion, we find the new edition highly recommendable to students and researchers but to those who are interested in how our modern envi-ronment came about and how human kind interacts with nature." (Geologos Journal, 1 August 2015) "All the sections are very well referenced, making this a good book for serious research or to dip into a particular area of interest to the reader. For a reference work it is surprisingly easy to just sit and read, which I did, and found it interesting through to the last page. I particularly liked the way a wide range of ideas and disciplines were brought together to form a coherent thread throughout the book." (Proceedings of the Open University Geological Society, 1 April 2015) "The text makes enjoyable reading, and although the author introduces many technical terms, they are all covered in a glossary at the end and included in the index. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers." (Choice, 1 October 2014) "This excellent book should be mandatory reading for any student taking a palaeobased environmental change module, and academics will also very much enjoy reading Neil Roberts' fine prose." (The Holocene, 1 October 2014)
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