| Description |
256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 256). |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Forces of nature -- Climate surprises / Jonathan Overpeck -- Winds of change / Michael Garstang -- Streams of consciousness / Alan Cutler -- Other worlds, other forces / Alan Cutler -- Getting the picture / John McPhee -- Global synergies / William Melson -- New spins on ancient cycles / Alan Cutler -- pt. 2. Time and complexity -- Scales of change / Stephen Jay Gould -- Time in rocks, history in bones / Alan Cutler and Anna K. Behrensmeyer -- The pleasures of change / Dorion Sagan and Eric D. Schneider -- Microbial minds / Lynn Margulis -- Coral complexities / William Kiene -- What they will know / David Quammen -- Future shifts, future shocks / Barbara Boyle Torrey -- pt. 3. Adapting to change -- Learning from Ladakh / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- Reflections along Magadi Road, Kenya / Bernice Wuethrich -- Changing places in Africa / Edward S. Ayensu -- The changing landscape of knowledge / Bernice Wuethrich -- Ritual Earth / Michael Atwood Mason -- Leave it to the school children / George P. Horse Capture -- Montserrat : after the volcano / Lydia Pulsipher -- Biodiversity and happiness / Gretchen C. Daily -- Natural capital : NYC's Woodland Watershed / Gretchen C. Daily -- Natural history and the 21st century / Robert Fri. |
| Subject |
Natural history.
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Natural history. |
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Earth (Planet)
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Earth (Planet) |
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Human ecology.
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Human ecology. |
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Global environmental change.
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Global environmental change. |
| Added Author |
Botkin, Daniel B.
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| ISBN |
0792275969 : $40.00 |
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