This Handbook is a collection of contributions of more than 300 researchers who have worked to grasp the Anthropocene, this new geological epoch characterised b

The current geological age has had a profound effect on the relationship between society and nature, and it raises new issues for researchers. It is important f

With human-induced environmental impacts disrupting human life in deeper ways and at a wider scale than anything previously experienced, this multidisciplinary

This is a book about how politics, government - and much else - needs to change in response to the transition from the Holocene to the Anthropocene. The Holocen

The proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Glo