human dimensions of global change

Will Steffen is the director of the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University, and his research interests span a broad range within the field of Earth System science, with a special emphasis on terrestrial ecosystem interactions with global change, the global carbon cycle, incorporation of human processes in Earth System modelling and analysis, and sustainability and the Earth System. This week's panel topic describes the development of the Anthropocene, the new geological era in which humans have evolved from hunter-gatherers into a global geophysical force, and what the Anthropocene implies for our future on Earth.

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Lecture Files Lecture Wil's presentation as PPT and PDF Other Paper referred in lecture today http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0130-hance_epoch.html   Will is the Director of the new Fenner School Will is also the Director of ANU's the National Institute of the Environment and Head of the Centre for Resource and Enviornmental Studies.

Panel Video Lecture Slides + Audio Stream: Realplayer | Quicktime Download: Video | Audio Youtube This video is also available through youtube

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