Nature Is The End Of Nature

In “The Changing Nature of Nature: Environmental Politics in the Anthropocene” environmental politician Paul Wapner depicts the human impacts on nature, and their significant intervention in ecosystem dynamics. His research outlines the “end of nature” (Wapner, 37) and aims to put emphasis on the beginning of the Anthropocene, suggesting that we are finally realizing that nature is not merely a material object. With this in mind, Wapner argues that the ways in which we protect nature should be significantly different, this, justifying his study. In order to form an argument, Wapner begins by summarizing a general piece of academic research, and through this is then able to provide an organized overview of the logic of his argument. The alternation

Timothy’s courage and passion became very evident when he began to go into the wilderness of Alaska and camped there for months at a time, so that he could both protect the bears himself and also to film them in their natural habitat in order to create beautiful documentaries of bears in a way that was never seen before since his special bond with the animals allowed him to film them up close and personal which is something no other person had been able to achieve before. Many people also adored how he loved to educate the masses, specifically children and taught them all about what he learned from being in the presence of bears. And while Timothy did end up losing his life , many were inspired by how he lived life and how he died doing what he loved. Timothy was even quoted as saying “ I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals.”(Timothy Treadwell, Grizzly Man), showing the people that he had no regrets for how he lived his life even if the result was him losing it.

Charles Krauthammer, in his essay “Saving Nature, but Only for Man,” argues against whom he refers to as a sentimental environmentalist. Charles Krauthammer is a well-known right-wing political columnist and commentator who has worked or contributed to a number of magazines throughout his career (Krauthammer 292) His purpose behind writing this article was to prove that nature is here to serve man and not the other way around. The logic of his argument derives from an unusual form of pathos: an appeal to a human's fondness for other humans over so-called luxurious aspects of the environment. This pathos coupled with appealing to people's fear and moralistic views are the rhetorical strategies

In the scientific community, climate change is practically undeniable and its universal importance not trivial. However, in respects to a new concept called the Anthropocene, debate has waged over the struggle of its classification. In the article The “Anthropocene” epoch: Scientific decision or political statement?, California State University geological sciences professor Stanley Finney and U.S. Geological Survey geologist Lucy Edwards unmask the current representation of the Anthropocene and explain its implications of being recognized as a geological unit to the ICC. Finney and Edwards examine the basis of the Anthropocene’s validity and lead the reader towards potential political and social motives for proceeding in admitting the Anthropocene

Has Earth entered into a new geologic epoch, characterized by human influences? A recent study, spear-headed by the British Geological Survey, has come to the conclusion that man’s global impact has become distinct enough to end the Holocene and effectively begin the Anthropocene. Published in Science, the study identifies how man’s impact on our oceans, resources, climate, and vegetation has altered the sedimentary makeup of the planet. Massive species invasions, increased rates of extinction, genetically modified plants, redistributed metals, sediment, hydrocarbons, fossils, increased levels of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus all combine to create signals that geologists interpret to denote a break in the Holocene

According to the article “The Anthropocene: Can Humans Survive A Human Age?”, our society is now passing through a new geological age so called Anthropocene, characterized by a centralization of the human being in the society. However, looking at the humanity today, it does not seem to be so. I would rather say money is the center of the world nowadays; in fact, everything turns around it: it is a limitless loop that walks with us for our entire life. Because of the people’s careless toward the earth, our home, Anthropocene will be maybe remembered (if it will be even a way to be remembered) as the darkest era for the human species. In fact, the climate and the environment change take hold in this era and they are strictly linked to the bad

The movie “Grizzly Man” follows the life of wild life enthusiast Timothy Treadwell from birth to death. The documentary has many good clips that Timothy recorded while he lived with the bears. The documentary didn’t just have the opinion of the director but everyone who was close to Timothy. The documentary goes as far back to when Timothy was a kid and how he acted around animals. The film also goes as far to help the audience understand why Timothy became the person that everyone knows him as.

As it contrasts with previous ages, some geologists now propose the current geologic age to be the Anthropocene; a period in earth’s history characterized by the ubiquity of the species, Homo Sapiens, whose activities and influences have become so far reaching, that they rival, or in some instances, exceed, the forces of nature which have hitherto remained most dominant in the planet’s environmental system. (Crutzen, 2006)

The significance of the Anthropocene is effecting the earth system, which we are the doers.

I attended the Anthropocene film screening in Gosh Science and Tech for the first extra credit assignment. Google defines the term Anthropocene “relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment” basically a period in time where man has “control” over natural forces such as the climate and the environment. I went into the film screening not having any ideas about what I would be watching, but once it got started it was exactly what we’ve been discussing in class. A lot of the points that were made in the film is something I had previously learned or something we’re currently working on in class. They went through the history of human’s impact on the environment, in chronological order. A key point in the film had to deal with the factors humans had that distinct us from other organisms. Since humans acted as a system versus individuals it gave us the advantage.

The Anthropocene can be described as how “Human activities have become so pervasive and profound that they rival the great forces of Nature…Earth is rapidly moving into a less biologically diverse, less forested, much warmer, and probably wetter and stormier state” (Steffen et al, 614). The term can also be determined to represent “the current geological epoch to emphasize the central role of humankind in geology and ecology” (Steffen et al, 615) and focus on the ways in which humans are causing significant changes to their “home” and “dwelling”.

Bill mcKibben sends us a compelling message through this book.He believes that human beings have created a new planet which is unrecognizable, a place called EAARTH.Twenty years ago he had published The End of Nature which speaks about the greenhouse effect.It was too early to see any change back then. Now, the change is evident.We face a potential threat which could mostly likely lead to the demise of our planet. GLOBAL WARMING or more likely a global warning.Despite his efforts to warn people about climate change, McKibben feels it is too late now to take action. He targets every aspect of our support system for life on Earth right from melting glaciers to the internet. On reading this book, I realized the impact of global warming, the alarming

The anthropocene debate hinges to a large extent on how epochs are defined, and scientists now face the unprecedented task of defining an epoch at its genesis rather than millions of years after its end. Castree argues that the severity of human impact on the Earth, indicative of the Anthropocene is already stratigraphically evident in radionuclides from atomic bombs, micro particles of plastic and hydrocarbons from fossil fuels. He also argues that these effects, because of their extremity and the feedback’s triggered between systems, will be pervasive for thousands of years, causing environmental systems to vastly diverge from their natural behavior. (Castree, 2014) Ocean warming, sea level rise and acidification will continue for thousands

The Anthropocene is a term used in recent times to give an overarching term for the destructive and environment changing behaviour of humans. As Baskin (2014:9) puts it, an ‘’...idea which posits that the human species is now the dominant Earth-shaping force.’’

Billions of years ago, humanity as the world knew it went completely extinct. The human race had ravaged the Earth’s precious resources, using it to their own benefit. This, is what ultimately served as their downfall.