Screen LibraryOur dying planet：an ecologist's view of the crisis we face
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Berkeley |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 339 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780520267565 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520267567 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q988 |
| CLC: | Q988 |
| Call Number: | Q988/S163 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index. Information: What We Are Doing to Our World. Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs. -- Understanding: Why We Don't Comprehend the Scale of Our Problem. The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature. -- Moving Forward: Why it Matters and What we Need to Do. What loss of ecological complexity means for the world ; Reducing our use of fossil fuels ; Slowing growth of the human population ; Our alternative futures. |