Our dying planet an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / Peter F. Sale.

Author/creator Sale, Peter F.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionx, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010051606
ISBN9780520267565 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520267567 (cloth : alk. paper)

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