Carbon and Its Domestication
- Author
- A.M. Mannion
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Environmental Science
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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.
Keywords: Earth and environmental science / Biogeochemistry / Carbon / Environmental Change / Natur / People-Environment Relationships / Biodiversity / Biology / Development / Ecosystem / Geochemistry / Technology
