Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate

Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "[A]n excellent book summarizing and placing in context the age-old influence of humans on atmospheric composition, climate and global warming.
(Nature )

Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "If you're not familiar with Ruddiman's hypothesis, you should be. . . . Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum is excellent reading for scientist and nonscientist alike.
(James White Science )

Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "Ruddiman's argument makes it clear that there is no 'natural' baseline of climate in the late Holocene from which to reckon the human impact of the past two centuries.
(Wolfgang H. Berger American Scientist )