Carbon and Its Domestication
Publication year: 2006
: 978-1-4020-3958-4
Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of fire, development of agriculture, expansion of Europe, fossil-fuel use and biotechnology. All have exacted an environmental toll, not least being climatic change and biodiversity loss. Carbon management now and in the future is a ‘hot’ political issue.
: Earth and Environmental Science, Biogeochemistry, Carbon, Environmental Change, Natur, People-Environment Relationships, biodiversity, biology, development, ecosystem, geochemistry, technology
