Screen LibraryDodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth /
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 geologi...
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oakland, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
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 b |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 240 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-223) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520274372 (cloth : alk. paper) : 0520274377 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | QE721 |
| CLC: | Q111.7 |
| Call Number: | Q111.7/B262 |
| Contents: |
The last ones standing -- It's not too late (yet) -- A perfect storm -- Power -- Food -- Money -- Resuscitation -- Back from the brink. |