Sale, Peter F. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-322) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520267565 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520267567 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>6825202 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010051606 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015813469  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nature--Effect of human beings on.<br/>Environmental responsibility.<br/>Ecology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GF 75  / .S25 2011