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The Quiet Extinction
Author | : Kara Rogers |
Publsiher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2015-10-22 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780816531066 |
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The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons many of our native plants are disappearing, noting their significance to the continent's natural heritage. Kara Rogers captures the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them.
The Quiet Extinction
Author | : Kara Rogers |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Endangered plants |
ISBN | : OCLC:1342139438 |
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"The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons many of our native plants are disappearing, noting their significance to the continent's natural heritage. Kara Rogers captures the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them"--
Extinctions in Near Time
Author | : Ross D.E. MacPhee,Hans-Dieter Sues |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2013-11-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781475752021 |
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"Near time" -an interval that spans the last 100,000 years or so of earth history-qualifies as a remarkable period for many reasons. From an anthropocentric point of view, the out standing feature of near time is the fact that the evolution, cultural diversification, and glob al spread of Homo sapiens have all occurred within it. From a wider biological perspective, however, the hallmark of near time is better conceived of as being one of enduring, repeat ed loss. The point is important. Despite the sense of uniqueness implicit in phrases like "the biodiversity crisis," meant to convey the notion that the present bout of extinctions is by far the worst endured in recent times, substantial losses have occurred throughout near time. In the majority of cases, these losses occurred when, and only when, people began to ex pand across areas that had never before experienced their presence. Although the explana tion for these correlations in time and space may seem obvious, it is one thing to rhetori cally observe that there is a connection between humans and recent extinctions, and quite another to demonstrate it scientifically. How should this be done? Traditionally, the study of past extinctions has fallen largely to researchers steeped in such disciplines as paleontology, systematics, and paleoecology. The evaluation of future losses, by contrast, has lain almost exclusively within the domain of conservation biolo gists. Now, more than ever, there is opportunity for overlap and sharing of information.
Earth s Wild Music
Author | : Kathleen Dean Moore |
Publsiher | : Catapult |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2022-02-22 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781640095304 |
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At once joyous and somber, this thoughtful gathering of new and selected essays spans Kathleen Dean Moore's distinguished career as a tireless advocate for environmental activism in the face of climate change. In this meditation on the music of the natural world, Moore celebrates the call of loons, howl of wolves, bellow of whales, laughter of children, and shriek of frogs, even as she warns of the threats against them. Each group of essays moves, as Moore herself has been moved, from celebration to lamentation to bewilderment and finally to the determination to act in defense of wild songs and the creatures who sing them. Music is the shivering urgency and exuberance of life ongoing. In a time of terrible silencing, Moore asks, who will forgive us if we do not save nature's songs?
Extinctions in the History of Life
Author | : Paul D. Taylor |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2004-11-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781139457972 |
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Extinction is the ultimate fate of all biological species - over 99 percent of the species that have ever inhabited the Earth are now extinct. The long fossil record of life provides scientists with crucial information about when species became extinct, which species were most vulnerable to extinction, and what processes may have brought about extinctions in the geological past. Key aspects of extinctions in the history of life are here reviewed by six leading palaeontologists, providing a source text for geology and biology undergraduates as well as more advanced scholars. Topical issues such as the causes of mass extinctions and how animal and plant life has recovered from these cataclysmic events that have shaped biological evolution are dealt with. This helps us to view the biodiversity crisis in a broader context, and shows how large-scale extinctions have had profound and long-lasting effects on the Earth's biosphere.
Strategies Against Extinction
Author | : Michael Nye |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1938466004 |
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Michael Nye's debut short story collection presents nine stories about people who find themselves at turning points in their lives-times of disruption and dislocation, yet also of reclamation and reinvention. These diverse characters include a war veteran turned radio broadcaster, a film projectionist, a former governor of Ohio, a second-generation comic book store owner, and a vascular surgeon at one of Boston's premier hospitals. Startling and precise in its evocations of the lives of memorable characters, Strategies Against Extinction is rich with energetic observation, attentive empathy, and a compelling spirit of uncertainty.
A World in a Shell
Author | : Thom van Dooren |
Publsiher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2023-10-17 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780262547345 |
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Following the trails of Hawai‘i’s snails to explore the simultaneously biological and cultural significance of extinction. In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species. In A World in a Shell, Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai‘i—once home to more than 750 species of land snails, almost two-thirds of which are now gone. Following snail trails through forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, and meeting with scientists and Native Hawaiians, van Dooren explores ongoing processes of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience. Van Dooren recounts the fascinating history of snail decline in the Hawaiian Islands: from deforestation for agriculture, timber, and more, through the nineteenth century shell collecting mania of missionary settlers, and on to the contemporary impacts of introduced predators. Along the way he asks how both snail loss and conservation efforts have been tangled up with larger processes of colonization, militarization, and globalization. These snail stories provide a potent window into ongoing global process of environmental and cultural change, including the largely unnoticed disappearance of countless snails, insects, and other less charismatic species. Ultimately, van Dooren seeks to cultivate a sense of wonder and appreciation for our damaged planet, revealing the world of possibilities and relationships that lies coiled within a snail’s shell.
The Way to Buddhahood
Author | : 印順 |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780861711338 |
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Captures an entire Buddhist tradition--both the classic Chinese experiencend views of the Tibetan monks--through the enlightened words of the greatestiving master of the Buddhist scholar-monk tradition. Original. IP.