Overview

This book is of interest to all of you willing to gain perspective both in time and in depth about the global environmental crises we are facing in the Anthropocene as well as pondering potential solutions. Humans are dominating the Earth’s environment and causing global changes in the most recent geologic time called the Anthropocene. Global changes are caused by both natural events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, or caused by humans like global warming and pollution of air, water, and soil. The author documents all types of global changes, beyond climate change, pointing out the risks for humanity when all these changes combine in time. Hans Nelson describes global changes while traveling through an earth scientist’s 60-year global journey. Throughout his memoirs, the author provides many humorous examples of adventures taking place during the scientific studies on land and at sea. He makes suggestions for a sustainable planet and shows that humans worldwide in the past,and can in the future, work together on solutions for global change problems. Students can use this book to learn about the many aspects of global change and methods that marine geologists use to obtain data on geologic hazards, resources, and environmental changes.

Full Product Details

Author:   C. Hans Nelson
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9783030718138

ISBN 10:   3030718131
Pages:   317
Publication Date:   09 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

PREFACE                                                                                                                   INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE                                                                    CHAPTER 1 GLOBAL WARMING PATTERNS PROVIDING EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL WARMING                                   Increased CO2 and CH4 in the atmosphere and warming climate                                   Ocean acidification from increased absorbtion of atmospheric CO2                    Rising ocean temperatures and sea levels                                                        Diminishing polar ice, mountain glaciers, permafrost and gas hydrates              16 record breaking air temperatures of the past 136 years since 2001                More intense extreme weather events e.g hurricanes, droughts, wildfires                      Increasing animal extinction rates                                                                    CHAPTER 2 MY GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES MY EARLY ADVENTURES RELATED TO POSSIBLE GLOBAL CHANGE        MY FIRST SCIENTIFIC LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE                             UNIVERSITY LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE                                            MASTERS DEGREE LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE                                  ADVENTURES WHILE STUDYING CRATER LAKE                                          PhD GRADUATE SCHOOL LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE                                    ADVENTURES DURING PhD STUDIES                                                                       WORLDWIDE INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL CHANGE                                               FIRST USGS LESSONS IN ALASKAN GLOBAL CHANGE                               LOOKING FOR GOLD RESOURCES IN OFFSHORE ALASKA                          1960s ALASKAN ADVENTURES                                                                      EARLY 1970s RESOURCE & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN ALASKA           EARLY 1970s ALASKAN ADVENTURES                                                          ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN 1976                                   1976 ALASKAN ADVENTURES                                                                                    ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN 1977                                   1977 ALASKAN ANDVENTURES                                                                     1978 AND 1980 ALASKAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS                        1978 ALASKAN ANDVENTURES                                                                     POTENTIAL VOLCANIC HAZARDS IN CRATER LAKE, OREGON                    CRATER LAKE ADVENTURES                                                                                    HOW POLITICS AFFECTS GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH                             GLOBAL CHANGE RELATED TO MARINE MAMMALS IN ALASKA                 GLOBAL CHANGE EFFECTS ON WALRUS                                                     GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS FROM SPANISH STUDIES IN THE 1980s          RESOURCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS IN GULF OF MEXICO                       GULF OF MEXICO ANVENTURES AND GLOBAL CHANGE HAZARDS                        RESOURCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS IN LAKE BAIKAL                    LAKE BAIKAL ADVENTURES AND GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS                    VAR & CORSICA HUMAN & NATURAL GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS                          ANTARCTIC ADVENTURES IN A NATURAL LANDSCAPE                               GLOBAL CHANGES RELATED TO EARTHQUAKES                                                    GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM                                 GLOBAL CHANGE LESSONS AND A SUSTAINABLE PLANET                                     CHAPTER 3 GLOBAL CHANGE AND EARTH SUSTAINABILITY  Introduction                                                                                                     Energy                                                                                                             The energy future                                                                                              Clean air                                                                                                             Potable or safe drinking water                                                                             Arable soil or farmland                                                                                         Radioactive global contamination of air, water and soil                                         Ocean fisheries, coastal habitats and pollution                                                     Population control                                                                                               Lake Tanganyika, an example of combined global change                                    Education as a solution for global sustainability                                                    Summary for earth sustainability                                                                                     TAKE HOME POINTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE PLANET                                                   FINAL WORD ON GLOBAL WARMING                                                                         MESSAGE TO GLOBAL WARMING DENIERS AND SKEPTICS                                      POSITIVE SIGNS FOR FUTURE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHANGE                INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND COOPERATION                                    NATIONAL AND LOCAL AGREEMENTS                                                           TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR HUMAN-CAUSED AND NATURAL GLOBAL CHANGE                                                                                                        178  IMPROVED MEDIA COVERAGE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE                                    GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE FUTURE FOR HUMANS                                        ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS                                                                                   REFERENCES CITED                                                                                        ADDITIONAL READING                                                                                        

Reviews

Author Information

Hans Nelson has a B.A. from Carleton College, M.S. from the University of Minnesota and Ph.D. from Oregon State University. He spent 32 years working in the U. S. Geological Survey and 20 years at the CSIC in Spain. His studies and worldwide teaching for 60 years have resulted in 220 publications. Hans has served as Chief Scientist for 30 scientific expeditions, in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Barcelona, Brest and Utrecht in Europe and Blaustein Scholar at Stanford University. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the 2016 Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence of the Geological Society of America.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions