The Anthropocene

or, Gaia Shrugs

Authors

  • Bruce Clarke Texas Tech University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v1i1.101

Keywords:

anthropocene, Earth System Science, Gaia theory

Author Biography

  • Bruce Clarke, Texas Tech University

    Bruce Clarke is Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Literature and Science and interim chair in the Department of English at Texas Tech University.

References

Clarke, B. 2012. “‘Gaia is Not an Organism’: The Early Scientific Collaboration of Lynn Margulis and James Lovelock.” In Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel, edited by D. Sagan, 32–43. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green.

IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme). Available online: http://www.igbp.net/globalchange.4.d8b4c3c12bf3be638a80001026.html

Lovelock, J. E. 1979. Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Margulis, L. 1995. “Gaia is a Tough Bitch.” In The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution, edited by J. Brockman, 129–151. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Margulis, L. and D. Sagan. 2000. What is Life? Berkeley: University of California Press.

Shapiro, J. A. 2011. Evolution: A View from the 21st Century. Upper Saddle River, NJ: FT Press Science.

Syvitski, J. 2012. “Anthropocene: An Epoch of our Making.” Global Change 78: 12–15.

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Published

2014-09-23

Issue

Section

Archaeology of the Anthropocene

How to Cite

Clarke, B. (2014). The Anthropocene: or, Gaia Shrugs. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, 1(1), 101-104. https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v1i1.101