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02392aam a2200337 i 4500 001 E223EBF64D4311EEBB1CF29156ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230907010029 008 221130t20232023njua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2022053743 020 $a 1119642655 020 $a 9781119642657 035 $a (OCoLC)1368219485 040 $a MdU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d VJ2 $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GF75 H44 2023 100 1 $a Heneghan, Liam, $e author. 245 12 $a A primer on human impacts on the environment : $b the conceptual approach / $c Liam Heneghan. 264 1 $a Hoboken, NJ : $b John Wiley & Sons, Inc., $c 2023. 300 $a xvii, 238 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A Manifesto for Conceptual Thinking in Environmental Disciplines -- A Conceptual Approach to Environmental Science -- A Short Chapter on the Definition of Definitions -- Everything is connected (but some things are more connected than are others) -- Complex Environmental Systems -- All or nothing? Or, what, exactly, is an environment? -- Life and environment: the indissoluble link -- Gaia, the NooÌsphere, and the Anthropocene -- The Anthropocene and the Concept of Limits -- Limited and limiting models -- Collapse and the Anthropocene -- How to conceive a (climate) crisis -- Risking Life: Basics of Biological Diversity -- Risking life: Is the Sixth Extinction Catastrophic? -- Conceiving a Future: the need for interdisciplinarity -- The Three Futures. 520 $a "The topic of how humans have transformed the planet is an old one, but consciousness about how thoroughly we as a species have accomplished this transformation has only emerged in recent years. Thus, the theme in this volume is a familiar one, though many students come into the classroom with only a vague grasp of the details"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Nature $x Effect of human beings on. 650 0 $a Global environmental change. 650 0 $a Environmental sciences. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Heneghan, Liam. $t Primer on human impacts on the environment $d Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2023 $z 9781119642718 $w (DLC) 2022053744 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011703.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E223EBF64D4311EEBB1CF29156ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search