Earth's amphibious transformation : the history and present of the oceanic Anthropocene / Stefan Huebner

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huebner, Stefan, author.

Series:

Cambridge oceanic histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ocean and civilization--History--20th century.

Ocean and civilization.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.

Human ecology.

Sea level.

sea level.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"In the first history of the oceanic Anthropocene, Stefan Huebner explores the twentieth-century extension of human habitats into oceanic spaces. He shows how the effects of this amphibious transformation have followed a very different trajectory from human-driven change on land, in terms of both socioeconomic development and environmental degradation. The extension of the human habitat through artificial islands such as seabed-fixed and floating structures has granted vertical access to Earth's different spatial layers, from the fossil fuels beneath the seabed to outer space. Huebner asks why this transformation occurred; how it has been shaped by political, economic, and environmental factors; and how it has altered marine environments. A deeper understanding of Earth's amphibious transformation compels us to reconsider the history and future of climate change, sea level rise, energy transitions, human–marine species interactions, globalization, and even urbanization, including floating cities"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Earth’s amphibious transformation

Asia’s oceanic anthropocene : how political elites and global offshore oil exploitation moved Asian marine regions into the new epoch

Ocean and orbit : verticality at sea from seadromes to rocket launches and light islands

Terrestrial mindsets and the origins of sea surface urbanization in Tokyo Bay

Ocean-to-land globalization : communication, navigation, and earth’s production centers

Environmentalisms clashing : Buckminster Fuller, floating structures, and US urban waterfronts since the late 1960s

Economies and ecologies of energy generation on islands : Hawaiian metabolism’s alternatives to fossil fuels

Dual habitats above and below the surface : Japanese mariculture research, plastics, and the global concentration of marine biomass and nutrients

The invasive threat of slowly traveling ecosystems : artificial islands and biosphere integrity in the oceanic anthropocene

A paradigm shift : earth’s amphibious transformation and the oceanic anthropocene

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 29, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Huebner, Stefan Earth's amphibious transformation

ISBN:

9781009734806

1009734806

9781009734820

1009734822

OCLC:

1591605955

Publisher Number:

CIPO000381813

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access