Driven to Extinction: The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity - Softcover

Pearson, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0565092995 ISBN 13: 9780565092993

Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group, 2011

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Book by Pearson Richard G Richard Grenville

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Críticas:

Driven to Extinction is a wonderfully written revelation of how nature is stirring in response to climate change and a wake up call to what could happen to our fellow inhabitants on the living planet. Required reading for every citizen. --Thomas E. Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair, the Heinz Center, and Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation

Reseña del editor:

Could more than a million species disappear in the 21st century? Drawing upon a wide range of illuminating case studies from around the world, Driven to Extinction provides a balanced and highly readable insight into the potential impacts of climate change on the diversity of life. Richard Pearson meticulously assembles the evidence of how species of plants and animals have reacted to temperature changes in the past, and how they are likely to respond in the future. He shows how different species are interconnected, how subtle yet essential those connections can be, and how severing one link in the complex chain of mutual cooperation and dependency can lead to the breakdown of a once-thriving community and, ultimately, extinction. At the same time, he also explores how climate change can offer some species new opportunities even as it narrows prospects for others, highlighting the adaptability and survival techniques of some of the weirdest and most wonderful creatures on the planet. Exposing successes and flaws in current research, Driven to Extinction is an engaging and unbiased overview of what scientists know - and don't know - about the impacts of climate change.

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• Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0565092995
• ISBN 13: 9780565092993
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 232