The Anthropocene refers to the planetary scale of anthropogenic influences on the composition and function of Earth ecosystems and life forms. Socio-political and geographic responses frame the uneven topographies of climate change, while eff orts to adapt and mitigate its impact ex...
III. Applied comprehension THE ANTHROPOCENE. That's the name starting to be used to describe the start of Earth's history. The "anthro", of course, refers to how people have changed the planet. The dire effects of human activity -climate change and pollution, to name a couple- are well...
Biodiversity change in the Anthropocene often manifests as habitat conversion for human use, and it is driving the loss of wilderness areas, elevating species extinctions and promoting non-native naturalizations, at scales comparable to a global biodiversity crisis53,54. The large-scale transport of...
the Anthropocene, suggesting ways in which new symbioses could arise due to AC, how symbioses could be agents of ecosystem change, and how symbioses, broadly defined, of humans and “farmed” organisms may have launched the Anthropocene. We conclude with reflections on the robustness of symbioses ...
【Abstract】Future Philosophy is the theme of my book Philosophy of the Anthropocene (人类世的哲学) published in 2020. My thinking on the theme mainly starts from Nietzsche and Heidegger. What is Future Philosophy, and why should philosophy turn to the future? To find these answers, we must ...
Welcome to the Anthropocene In a single lifetime we have grown into a phenomenal global force. We move more sediment and rock annually than all natural processes such as erosion and rivers. We manage three quarters of all land outside the ice sheets. Greenhouse gas levels this high have not...
Answer to: True or false? The Anthropocene "Business As Usual" paradigm assumes that humanity needs to have no particular dependence on nature. By...
and a changing of seasonal patterns. Agriculture in the Anthropocene has also developed ways to increase plant growth while decreasing cost to consumer, making food more easily accessible for humans, as well as improving health. The world wouldn’t be able to support its current population without...
Humans are the dominant force of change on the planet, giving rise to a new epoch referred to as the Anthropocene. This new epoch has profound meaning for humanity and one that we are only beginning to fully comprehend. We now know that society needs to be viewed as part of the biosphere...
Neganthropologi- cal bifurcation is needed to exit the Anthropocene and enter what Stiegler calls the Neganthropocene. How is bifurcation supposed to do that? And first of all, what is bifurcation? 3 What is Bifurcation? 3.1 No Bifurcation without Technology Somewhat surprisingly, ...