Future Earth: Advancing Civic Understanding of the Anthropocene

by Diana Dalbotten

Earth now is dominated by both biogeophysical and anthropogenic processes, as represented in these two images from a simulation of aerosols. Dust (red) from the Sahara sweeps west across the Atlantic Ocean. Sea salt (blue) rises into the atmosphere from winds over the North Atlantic and from a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean. Organic and black carbon (green) from biomass burning is notable over the Amazon and Southeast Asia. Plumes of sulfate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118854306
• ISBN13: 9781118854303
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: American Geophysical Union
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.0"