Book

Earth in human hands : shaping our planet's future

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ISBN: 1455589128
ISBN: 9781455589128
Physical Description: xx, 522 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-502) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Listening to the planets -- Can a planet be alive? -- Monkey with the world -- Planetary changes of the fourth kind -- Terra sapiens -- Intelligent worlds in the universe -- Finding our voice -- Embracing the human planet.
Summary, etc.:	"A NASA astrobiologist outlines optimistic messages about humanity's future in the face of climate change, explaining how the human role in managing the planet's evolution is determining the course of life,"--NoveList.