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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is a 2018 Canadian documentary film made by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky. [4] It explores the emerging concept of a geological epoch called the Anthropocene , defined by the impact of humanity on natural development.
Climate change, human impact on the environment, radical environmentalism, eco-terrorism: Michael Dougherty: 2019 Gorillas in the Mist: Gorilla conservation and life of Dian Fossey: Michael Apted: 1988 H2O: Water supply: Kaveri River water dispute in India: Upendra: 2000 The Happening: Toxicology: M. Night Shyamalan: 2008 Happy Feet ...
Books about or featuring the environment as a prominent theme have proliferated especially since the middle of the twentieth century. The rise of environmental science , which has encouraged interdisciplinary approaches to studying the environment, and the environmental movement , which has increased public and political awareness of humanity's ...
The Report examined the rate of decline in biodiversity and found that the adverse effects of human activities on the world's species is "unprecedented in human history": [14] one million species, including 40 percent of amphibians, almost a third of reef-building corals, more than a third of marine mammals, and 10 percent of all insects are ...
Evidence of relative human impact – such as the growing human influence on land use, ecosystems, biodiversity, and species extinction – is substantial; scientists think that human impact has significantly changed (or halted) the growth of biodiversity.
The environmental impact of irrigation includes the changes in quantity and quality of soil and water as a result of irrigation and the ensuing effects on natural and social conditions at the tail-end and downstream of the irrigation scheme. The impacts stem from the changed hydrological conditions owing to the installation and operation of the ...
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future is a 2020 book by documentarian David Attenborough and director-producer Jonnie Hughes. It follows Attenborough's career as a presenter and natural historian, along with the decline in wildlife and rising carbon emissions during the period.
The book's title is similar to a 1995 book title, The Sixth Extinction by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin. Also included are excerpts from interviews with a forest ecologist , atmospheric scientist Ken Caldeira , wildlife and conservation experts, a modern-day geologist, and fungus researchers in New England and New York State .