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Our dying planet an ecologist's view of the crisis we face  Cover Image E-book E-book

Our dying planet [electronic resource] : an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / Peter F. Sale.

Sale, Peter F. (Author). ebrary, Inc. (Added Author).

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  • Physical Description: x, 339 p. : ill., maps.
  • Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

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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.
Subject: Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Environmental responsibility.
Ecology.
Genre: Electronic books.


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