Our dying planet [electronic resource] : an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / Peter F. Sale.
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- Physical Description: x, 339 p. : ill., maps.
- Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 hum. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. |
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Subject: | Nature > Effect of human beings on. Environmental responsibility. Ecology. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |