We are the only species that uses fire. It has determined how we have made our home on this planet and it has propelled us to the role of the dominant species in the biosphere. But at the heart of contemporary climate change is the process of combustion. Fires make the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is heating the planet, melting the ice sheets, changing weather patterns and making wildfires more common. In Pyromania Simon Dalby examines our control over this key physical force in the Earth system to ask important questions about us as humans, how we live, and how we might do so differently in the future. Simply put, there is now far too much "firepower" loose in the world and we need to think much harder about how to live together in ways that don't require burning stuff to do so.
- ISBN:
- 9781788216517
- 9781788216517
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Category:
- Climate change
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
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30-01-2024
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Agenda
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 215.9x138.43x11.43mm
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