Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 240 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520959095
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0520959094
Inhalt:
Paleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Writing from the front lines of extinction research, Barnosky tells the overarching story of geologic and evolutionary history and how it informs the way humans inhabit, exploit, and impact Earth today. He presents compelling evidence that unless we rethink how we generate the power we use to run our global ecosystem, where we get our food, and how we make our money, we will trigger what would be
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover -- Dodging Extinction -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Last Ones Standing -- 2. It's Not Too Late (Yet) -- 3. A Perfect Storm -- 4. Power -- 5. Food -- 6. Money -- 7. Resuscitation -- 8. Back from the Brink -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Barnosky, Anthony D Dodging extinction Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014] ISBN 9780520274372
Sprache:
Englisch
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