Our dying planet : an ecologist's view of the crisis we face /
Sale, Peter F.
Our dying planet : an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / Peter F. Sale. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - x, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index.
pt. 1. Information : what we are doing to our world. Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- pt. 2. Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem. The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- pt. 3. 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 human population ; Our alternative futures.
9780520267565 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520267567 (cloth : alk. paper)
6825202
2010051606
015813469 Uk
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Environmental responsibility.
Ecology.
GF 75 / .S25 2011
Our dying planet : an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / Peter F. Sale. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - x, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index.
pt. 1. Information : what we are doing to our world. Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- pt. 2. Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem. The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- pt. 3. 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 human population ; Our alternative futures.
9780520267565 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520267567 (cloth : alk. paper)
6825202
2010051606
015813469 Uk
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Environmental responsibility.
Ecology.
GF 75 / .S25 2011