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Ecocriticism on the Edge: The Anthropocene as a Threshold Concept by Timothy Clark [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Review of Timothy Clark\u27s Ecocriticism on the Edge: The Anthropocene as a Threshold ...
Corrigan, Paul T.
core   +1 more source

The Future in Anthropocene Science

open access: yesEarth's Future
The Anthropocene is the present time of human‐caused accelerating global change, and new forms of Anthropocene risk are emerging that society has hitherto never experienced.
P. W. Keys, L. Badia, R. Warrier
doaj   +1 more source

Missing the (tipping) point: the effect of information about climate tipping points on public risk perceptions in Norway [PDF]

open access: yesEarth System Dynamics
Climate tipping points are a topic of growing interest in climate research and a frequent communication tool in the media to warn of dangerous climate change.
C. Nadeau   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbiology of the Anthropocene

open access: yesAnthropocene, 2014
AbstractHuman influences on the planet's atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere are of such magnitude as to justify naming a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Different starting dates and phases have been proposed for this epoch, depending on the criteria used.
Gillings, Michael R., Paulsen, Ian T.
openaire   +2 more sources

Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Machinocene: Illusions of instrumental reason [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In their seminal work, Dialectics of Enlightenment, Horkheimer and Adorno interpreted capitalism as the irrational monetization of nature. In the present work, I analyze three 21st century concepts, Anthropocene, Capitalocene and Machinocene, in light of
Slijepcevic, Predrag
core   +2 more sources

Plant–microbe interactions drive the rhizosphere microbial assembly and nitrogen cycling in a subtropical forest

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Interactions between plants and soil microorganisms in the rhizosphere are vital for maintaining the nutrient cycle and stability of terrestrial ecosystems. Nitrogen, closely related to carbon (C) cycling and ecosystem productivity, undergoes transformation by soil ...
Ru Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Astrobiology of the Anthropocene [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2017
Human influence on the biosphere has been evident at least since the development of widespread agriculture, and some stratigraphers have suggested that the activities of modern civilization indicate a geological epoch transition. The study of the anthropocene as a geological epoch, and its implication for the future of energy-intensive civilizations ...
arxiv  

Mediterranean octocoral populations exposed to marine heatwaves are less resilient to disturbances

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We demonstrate that marine heat waves decrease the resilience of Mediterranean octocorals to further disturbances. Abstract The effects of climate change are now more pervasive than ever. Marine ecosystems have been particularly impacted by climate change, with marine heatwaves (MHWs) being a strong driver of mass mortality events.
Pol Capdevila   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

COVID‐19 and the Meaning of Crisis

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, Volume 53, Issue 6, Page 1151-1176, November 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT Crisis is a concept that has a long history; it has come to denote moments of rupture and to foreground life and death decisions necessary for its resolution. The recent deployment of the concept in broad social, economic and political spheres has not only given rise to an industry of crisis management but has also established it as a ...
Maha Abdelrahman
wiley   +1 more source

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