The Miner's Canary: Unravelling the Mysteries of Extinction - Couverture souple

Eldredge, Niles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0863696759 ISBN 13 : 9780863696756

Editeur : Virgin Books, 1993

Synopsis

The canary's death in a coalpit alerted miners to odourless, poisonous gases but does the decrease in songbirds in the northern hemisphere foreshadow an ecological collapse? In this book paleontologist Niles Eldredge unveils his theory of extinction by exploring the evidence from the first living forms 3.5 billion years ago to the present. The book illuminates the most pressing environmental questions of today such as what causes extinction and are human beings accelerating extinction in other species?

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Like the bird whose death signaled dangerous conditions in a mine, the demise of animals that once flourished should give humans pause. How is our fate linked to the earth's creatures, and the cycle of flourishing and extinction? Which are the simple workings of nature's order, and which are omens of ecological disaster? Does human activity accelerate extinction? What really causes it? In an illuminating and elegantly written account of the widespread reduction of the world's wildlife, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge poses these questions and examines humankind's role in the larger life cycles of the earth, composing a provocative general theory of extinction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virgin Books
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0863696759
• ISBN 13: 9780863696756
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible