The Resource Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth, Anthony D. Barnosky
Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth, Anthony D. Barnosky
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- Summary
- Paleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Writing from the front lines of extinction research, Barnosky tells the overarching story of geologic and evolutionary history and how it informs the way humans inhabit, exploit, and impact Earth today. He presents compelling evidence that unless we rethink how we generate the power we use to run our global ecosystem, where we get our food, and how we make our money, we will trigger what would be
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover
- Dodging Extinction
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Last Ones Standing
- 2. It's Not Too Late (Yet)
- 3. A Perfect Storm
- 4. Power
- 5. Food
- 6. Money
- 7. Resuscitation
- 8. Back from the Brink
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780520959095
- Label
- Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth
- Title
- Dodging extinction
- Title remainder
- power, food, money and the future of life on Earth
- Statement of responsibility
- Anthony D. Barnosky
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Paleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Writing from the front lines of extinction research, Barnosky tells the overarching story of geologic and evolutionary history and how it informs the way humans inhabit, exploit, and impact Earth today. He presents compelling evidence that unless we rethink how we generate the power we use to run our global ecosystem, where we get our food, and how we make our money, we will trigger what would be
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- Barnosky, Anthony D
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- Mass extinctions
- Extinction (Biology)
- Conservation of natural resources
- SCIENCE
- NATURE
- Conservation of natural resources
- Extinction (Biology)
- Mass extinctions
- Label
- Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth, Anthony D. Barnosky
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Cover -- Dodging Extinction -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Last Ones Standing -- 2. It's Not Too Late (Yet) -- 3. A Perfect Storm -- 4. Power -- 5. Food -- 6. Money -- 7. Resuscitation -- 8. Back from the Brink -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
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- ocn881430463
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- 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages)
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- online
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- 9780520959095
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- (OCoLC)881430463
- Label
- Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth, Anthony D. Barnosky
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- text
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Cover -- Dodging Extinction -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Last Ones Standing -- 2. It's Not Too Late (Yet) -- 3. A Perfect Storm -- 4. Power -- 5. Food -- 6. Money -- 7. Resuscitation -- 8. Back from the Brink -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- ocn881430463
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages)
- File format
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- online
- Isbn
- 9780520959095
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- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- a2b4323f-2901-4a02-8f02-09a371133094
- 22573/ctt6szwwh
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- System control number
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