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| Author | William Ruddiman |
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| ISBN | 9780691173214 |
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate is a 2005 book[1] published by Princeton University Press and written by William Ruddiman, a paleoclimatologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has authored and co-authored several books[2] and academic papers[3] on the subject of climate change. Scientists often refer to this period as the "Anthropocene" and define it as the era in which humans first began to alter the Earth's climate and ecosystems. Ruddiman contends that human induced climate change began as a result of the advent of agriculture thousands of years ago and resulted in warmer temperatures that could have possibly averted another ice age; this is the early anthropocene hypothesis.
- ^ Berger, Wolfgang (March–April 2006). "Review: Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum by William F. Ruddiman". American Scientist.
- ^ "de beste bron van informatie over gsajournals. Deze website is te koop!". GSA Today. 12. gsajournals.org: 23. 2002. doi:10.1130/1052-5173(2002)012<0023:ESCPAF>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1052-5173. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ Ruddiman, William F (2003). "The Anthropogenic Greenhouse Era Began Thousands of Years Ago" (PDF). Climate Change. Retrieved 2022-04-24.