List of Figures and Photographs List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: HOUSE of CARDS Chapter 1: Advancing Technosphere; Endangered Biosphere Chapter 2: Fallout-Bringing Down the House of CardsChapter 3: Technology and the Cascade of Species PART II: THERMAL POWER & ENTROPY Chapter 4: Entropy, Machines and Inanimate Power PART III: ISOLINES AND ISOTHERMS Chapter 5: Cosmos: A Holistic Concept of Earth Chapter 6: Loss of Control Over Global Heat PART IV: NATURAL SELECTION Chapter 7: Battle for Reproductive Success PART V: DESTRUCTIONS PAST; DESTRUCTIONS FUTURE Chapter 8: Atmospheres & Deserts; Deluge & Extinctions Chapter 9: Dance of Pelagic Death - Part 1 Chapter 10: Dance of Pelagic Death - Part 2 PART VI: FORCES DRIVING GLOBAL WARMING Chapter 11: Thermal Maximums Chapter 12: Gaia's Cycles; Anthropocentric Heat Chapter 13: Remains of the Natural World: Vanishing Landscapes, Disappearing Species PART VII: END OF AN EPOCH Chapter 14: Darwin's Walk and the Last Wave Bibliography Index
