Maintaining focus: An introduction to anthropogenic fire

Stephen Pyne

doi:10.1016/0045-6535(94)90159-7

Maintaining focus: An introduction to anthropogenic fire

Stephen Pyne

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The capture of fire by the genus Homo changed forever the natural history of the Earth. Even today fire appears at the core of many popular scenarios for an environmental apocalypse. Yet the larger history of fire - the varied ways human societies have sought to use and control fire, the trajectory of change over centuries if not millennia - is not well known. This paper sketches a conceptual framework for understanding the ecology of anthropogenic fire and how such fire practices compete with natural ignition sources and with the industrial combustion of fossil fuels.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	889-911
Number of pages	23
Journal	Chemosphere
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(94)90159-7
State	Published - Sep 1994

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Chemistry(all)
Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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