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9781597265706: Saving a Million Species: Extinction Risk from Climate Change
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ISBN 10 : 1597265705 ISBN 13 : 9781597265706
Editeur : Shearwater Books,US, 2011

Synopsis

The research paper 'Extinction Risk from Climate Change' published in the journal 'Nature' in January 2004 created front-page headlines around the world. The notion that climate change could drive more than a million species to extinction captured both the popular imagination and the attention of policymakers, and provoked an unprecedented round of scientific critique. 'Saving a Million Species' reconsiders the central question of that paper: How many species may perish as a result of climate change and associated threats? Leaders from a range of disciplines synthesize the literature, refine the original estimates, and elaborate the conservation and policy implications. This book examines the initial extinction risk estimates of the original paper, subsequent critiques, and the media and policy impact of this unique study. It presents evidence of extinctions from climate change from different time frames in the past. It explores extinctions documented in the contemporary record. It sets forth new risk estimates for future climate change. It considers the conservation and policy implications of the estimates. 'Saving a Million Species' offers a clear explanation of the science behind the headline-grabbing estimates for conservationists, researchers, teachers, students, and policymakers. It is a critical resource for helping those working to conserve biodiversity takes on the rapidly advancing and evolving global stressor of climate change - the most important issue in conservation biology today, and the one for which we are least prepared.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lee Hannah is Senior Researcher in Climate Change Biology at Conservation International and adjunct professor in the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Éditeur
Shearwater Books,US
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1597265705
ISBN 13 
9781597265706
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
432
Éditeur
Hannah Lee
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1597265691 ISBN 13 :  9781597265690
Editeur : Shearwater Books,US, 2011
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