| Description |
vii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-288) and index. |
| Contents |
Blindsided by life -- Urban Galapagos -- The inadvertent ark -- The last escape -- The human niche -- The intelligence of crows -- Embracing diversity to balance risk -- The law of inseparability -- Humpty Dumpty and the robotic sex bees -- Living with evolution -- Not the end of nature -- Conclusion: No longer among the living. |
| Summary |
We might think that we can meet the challenges of global warming by manipulating nature with our technology— and even that we can live without non-human life— but as Rob Dunn shows, we can't. As Dunn argues, surviving or reversing climate change and other ecological catastrophes isn't just a question of reducing our carbon footprint with clean technologies or protecting ecosystems. It's not about 'fixes.' It's about working with nature, and so learning to live by the rules that entails. Drawing on topics as diverse as how microbes acquired during birth affect our health and what species might inhabit the crust of the Earth, Dunn reveals the surprising complexities of the natural world and the interconnectedness of life itself. Along the way, he offers plenty of simple lessons in how we can, individually and collectively, through environmental policy, make the lifestyle changes necessary to ensure our own species' survival. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Human ecology.
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Environmental sociology.
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Ecological forecasting.
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Environmental policy.
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| ISBN |
9781541619302 |
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1541619307 |
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