Martin Mahony is Associate Professor in Human Geography in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. His background is in human geography and science & technology studies (STS), and his research concerns the co-production of space, knowledge, and power in the history and politics of environmental change.Noel Castree is a Professor of Geography at Manchester University, UK; he is also an Honorary Professorial Fellow at UTS in Sydney. His main research interests are the political economy of environmental change and, most recently, the role of expertise in shaping human responses to Earth-wide changes to the biophysical world. He is author of What Future For The Earth? (2026).

“Martin Mahony and Noel Castree have achieved something extremely difficult: writing a book on a topic that is as relevant and timely as it is fraught with controversy - doing so in a way that is accessible and comprehensive, yet not superficial. The Anthropocene is destined to become essential reading for geographers and non-geographers alike.”Marcelo Lopes de Souza, Professor of Environmental Geography and Political Ecology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Prologue: The Anthropocene and Geography PART I. Welcome to the Anthropocene 1. The Anthropocene Event 2. Geographies of the Anthropocene PART II. Geo-histories 3. The Colonial Anthropocene: Empires and Planetary Transformation 4. The Industrial Anthropocene 5. Geographies of the Great Acceleration PART III. Geo-politics 6. Scaling Justice in the Anthropocene 7. Wild Lives: How Should We Relate to the Non-human? 8. Governing Geo: Geographies of Security and Resilience PART IV. Geo-futures 9. Anthropocene Aesthetics 10. Placing the Future Epilogue: What future for the Earth?

Martin Mahony is Associate Professor in Human Geography in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. His background is in human geography and science & technology studies (STS), and his research concerns the co-production of space, knowledge, and power in the history and politics of environmental change.Noel Castree is a Professor of Geography at Manchester University, UK; he is also an Honorary Professorial Fellow at UTS in Sydney. His main research interests are the political economy of environmental change and, most recently, the role of expertise in shaping human responses to Earth-wide changes to the biophysical world. He is author of What Future For The Earth? (2026).

“Martin Mahony and Noel Castree have achieved something extremely difficult: writing a book on a topic that is as relevant and timely as it is fraught with controversy - doing so in a way that is accessible and comprehensive, yet not superficial. The Anthropocene is destined to become essential reading for geographers and non-geographers alike.”Marcelo Lopes de Souza, Professor of Environmental Geography and Political Ecology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Prologue: The Anthropocene and Geography PART I. Welcome to the Anthropocene 1. The Anthropocene Event 2. Geographies of the Anthropocene PART II. Geo-histories 3. The Colonial Anthropocene: Empires and Planetary Transformation 4. The Industrial Anthropocene 5. Geographies of the Great Acceleration PART III. Geo-politics 6. Scaling Justice in the Anthropocene 7. Wild Lives: How Should We Relate to the Non-human? 8. Governing Geo: Geographies of Security and Resilience PART IV. Geo-futures 9. Anthropocene Aesthetics 10. Placing the Future Epilogue: What future for the Earth?