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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

6. A Fire Species

Author : Andrew Y. Glikson

Published in: Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

Evolved in relatively sheltered sub-tropical rift valleys, unique among all genera the genus Homo learnt how to ignite and transfer fire and through this to modify extensive land surfaces of Earth, with consequences for the composition of the atmosphere, a process culminating in the Anthropocene and in the Sixth mass extinction of species.

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Metadata
Title
A Fire Species
Author
Andrew Y. Glikson
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-7331-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-7332-5

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7332-5_6