The Human Impact on the Natural Environment

This classic text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, and the atmosphere. It considers the ways in which climate changes and modifications in land cover may change the environment in coming decades. Thoroughly revised to cover the remarkable transformation in interest that humans are having in the environment, this book examines previously uncovered topics, such as rewilding, ecosystem services, techniques for study, novel and no analog ecosystems, and more. It also presents the latest views on big themes such as human origins, the Anthropocene, domestication, extinctions, and ecological invasions.