Natural History Of The Unnatural World
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A Natural History Of The Unnatural World
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Author : Joel Levy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
A Natural History Of The Unnatural World written by Joel Levy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Animals, Mythical categories.
This imaginative guide uses first hand accounts, historical records, works of literature and art, and the imaginative insights of the scientifically trained author to detail the evolution, habits, life cycles, reproductive behaviour and specialised abilities of dozens of fabled beings.
Natural History Of The Unnatural World
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Author : Cryptozoological Society Staff
language : en
Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin
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Natural History Of The Unnatural World written by Cryptozoological Society Staff and has been published by Saint Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
A Natural History Of The Unnatural World
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
A Natural History Of The Unnatural World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Cryptozoology categories.
The Unnatural World
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Author : David Biello
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-11-15
The Unnatural World written by David Biello and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with Science categories.
A brilliant young environmental journalist argues that we must innovate and adapt to save planet Earth in this enlightening “trip around the world to meet people working out new ways for humanity to live as well as survive” (The New York Times Book Review). With the historical perspective of The Song of the Dodo and the urgency of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, The Unnatural World chronicles a disparate band of unlikely heroes: an effervescent mad scientist who would fertilize the seas; a pigeon obsessive bent on bringing back the extinct; a low-level government functionary in China doing his best to clean up his city, and more. These scientists, billionaires, and ordinary people are all working toward saving the best home humanity is ever likely to have. What is the threat? It is us. In a time when a species dies out every ten minutes, when summers are getting hotter, winters colder, and oceans higher, some people still deny mankind’s effect on the Earth. But all of our impacts on the planet have ushered in what qualifies as a new geologic epoch, thanks to global warming, mass extinction, and such technologies as nuclear weapons and plastics. “A futurist ray of hope amid the usual denial and despair” (Esquire), The Unnatural World examines the world we have created and analyzes the glimmers of light emerging from the efforts of incredible individuals seeking to change our future. Instead of a world without us, this history of the future shows how to become good gardeners, helping people thrive along with an abundance of plants, animals, all the exuberant profusion of life on Earth—a better world with us. The current era of humans need not be the end of the world—and “Biello describes both what we have done to alter our planet and what we should do in the future to ensure its habitability” (Scientific American).
The Unnatural World
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Author : David Biello
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-12-12
The Unnatural World written by David Biello and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-12 with Nature categories.
An environmental journalist examines the world humanity has created through climate change and chronicles the scientists, billionaires, and ordinary people who are working toward saving the planet.
Mermaids And Mastodons
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Author : Richard Carrington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-07
Mermaids And Mastodons written by Richard Carrington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07 with categories.
The View From Lazy Point
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Author : Carl Safina
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2011-01-04
The View From Lazy Point written by Carl Safina and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-04 with Nature categories.
An exhilarating journey of natural renewal through a year with MacArthur fellow Carl Safina Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, Carl Safina's The View from Lazy Point takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south to Antarctica, across the warm belly of the tropics from the Caribbean to the west Pacific, then home again. We meet Eskimos whose way of life is melting away, explore a secret global seed vault hidden above the Arctic Circle, investigate dilemmas facing foraging bears and breeding penguins, and sail to formerly devastated reefs that are resurrecting as fish graze the corals algae-free. "Each time science tightens a coil in the slack of our understanding," Safina writes, "it elaborates its fundamental discovery: connection." He shows how problems of the environment drive very real matters of human justice, well-being, and our prospects for peace. In Safina's hands, nature's continuous renewal points toward our future. His lively stories grant new insights into how our world is changing, and what our response ought to be.
Animal Nation
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Author : Adrian Franklin
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 2006
Animal Nation written by Adrian Franklin and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Animal welfare categories.
Traces the complex relationship between animals and humans in Australia. Starts with the colonial period and brings us full circle to the present when native species are protected above all others.
The Unnatural History Of The Sea
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Author : Callum Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2009-01-05
The Unnatural History Of The Sea written by Callum Roberts and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-05 with History categories.
Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss years before the explorers set sail. As Callum M. Roberts reveals in The Unnatural History of the Sea, the oceans’ bounty didn’t disappear overnight. While today’s fishing industry is ruthlessly efficient, intense exploitation began not in the modern era, or even with the dawn of industrialization, but in the eleventh century in medieval Europe. Roberts explores this long and colorful history of commercial fishing, taking readers around the world and through the centuries to witness the transformation of the seas. Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by fifteenth century seafarers is almost unimaginable today, but Roberts both brings it alive and artfully traces its depletion. Collapsing fisheries, he shows, are simply the latest chapter in a long history of unfettered commercialization of the seas. The story does not end with an empty ocean. Instead, Roberts describes how we might restore the splendor and prosperity of the seas through smarter management of our resources and some simple restraint. From the coasts of Florida to New Zealand, marine reserves have fostered spectacular recovery of plants and animals to levels not seen in a century. They prove that history need not repeat itself: we can leave the oceans richer than we found them.
Tracking The Chupacabra
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Author : Benjamin Radford
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2011
Tracking The Chupacabra written by Benjamin Radford and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
This title explores the legend of the chupacabra, literally goat-sucker, a mythical being from Latin America.