Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon

Unique among all creatures, further to the increase in its cranial volume from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, the use of tools and cultural and scientific creativity, the genus Homo is distinguished by the mastery of fire, which since about two million

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Andrew Y. Glikson

Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon

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Andrew Y. Glikson

Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon With a forward by Professor H. J. Schellnhuber Director, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK)

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Andrew Y. Glikson School of Archaeology and Anthropology Australian National University Canberra, ACT Australia

ISSN 2191-5369 ISBN 978-94-007-7331-8 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7332-5

ISSN 2191-5377 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-7332-5 (eBook)

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In honor of James Hansen and David Attenborough

Foreword

When I read Andrew Glikson’s new book the famous Russell–Einstein Manifesto, published in 1955 in the midst of the Cold War, came to my mind. In this manifesto, Bertrand Russell, Albert Einstein and the other distinguished signatories point to the massive dangers of nuclear weapons and call for peaceful solut