Making the Most of the Anthropocene: Facing the Future

In summer 2016, the answer came back: Yes. In his bright, lively voice, Denny envisions a future that balances reaction and reason, one in which humanity emerges bloody but unbowedand in which those of us who are prepared can make the most of the Anthropocene.. Ever since Nobel Prize–winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen coined the term "Anthropocene" to describe our current eraone in which human impact on the environment has pushed Earth into an entirely new geological epocharguments for and against the new designation have been raging. In Making the Most of the Anthropocene, scientist Mark Denny tackles this hard truth head-on and considers burning questions: How did we reach our present technological and ecological state? How are we going to cope with our uncertain future? Will we come out of this, or are we doomed as a species? Is there anything we can do about what happens next? This book• explains what the Anthropocene is and why it is important• offers suggestions for minimizing harm instead of fretting about an impending environmental apocalypse • combine

He is the author of numerous books, including Lights On! The Science of Power Generation and Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science behind the Forecasts.. Mark Denny is a theoretical physicist who has worked in academia and industry

"Mark Denny is a funny guy who has written a profoundly important book about humanity’s prospects in the Anthropocene age. Well-argued and lively, this book is a must read for climate change skeptics, millennials who can shape a better world, and grandparents like myself who worry about just what we have left to our grandchildren.  " (Ben Hoffman, Ph.D, author of The Violence Vaccine) . Denny’s training as a theoretical physicist informs a world-view that ranges from geology to psychology, Darwin to Dilbert, ecology to economics, deep time to Donald Trump – and he brings us out the other end with hope for the future

Man-made Melanie Gilbert This book could have been titled, “Climate Change for Dummies.” Author Mark Denny is a lively writer with a terrific command of the science, but his important work feels rushed, condensed, and delivered in too lighthearted a style to make a serious impact on the climate change conversation.The scientific analysis, the political, . A thoughtful and scientific look at the factors driving human environmental impact, and how to counter them "Anthropocene" isn't an officially recognized geologic time period, but a term coined by atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000 to emphasize that we're now living in a time when humans can have a significant effect on the nature of the physical world. (Technically we're still in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago). Crutzen wanted t. Russell Fanelli said A clear explanation of global warming and climate change written for the general public.. Global warming and climate change are among the most important challenges facing the people of the world as I write this review about Mark Denny’s new book, Making the Most of the Anthropocene (the period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological a