Our dying planet : an ecologist's view of the crisis we face /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
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| Online Access: | Connect to Our dying planet : an ecologist's view of the crisis we face (one simultaneous user allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Pt.1. Information : what we are doing to our world: Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs
- Pt.2. Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem: The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature
- Pt.3. 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 hum.