Inheritors of the Earth [electronic resource] : How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction
Chris D. Thomas2017
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It is accepted wisdom today that human beings have irrevocably damaged the
natural world. Yet what if this narrative obscures a more hopeful truth?
In Inheritors of the Earth, renowned ecologist and environmentalist Chris D.
Thomas overturns the accepted story, revealing how nature is fighting back.
Many animals and plants actually benefit from our presence, raising biological
diversity in most parts of the world and increasing the rate at which new
species are formed, perhaps to the highest level in Earth's history. From Costa
Rican tropical forests to the thoroughly transformed British landscape, nature
is coping surprisingly well in the human epoch.
Chris Thomas takes us on a gripping round-the-world journey to meet the
enterprising creatures that are thriving in the Anthropocene, from York's
ochre-coloured comma butterfly to hybrid bison in North America, scarlet-beaked
pukekos in New Zealand, and Asian palms forming thickets in the European Alps.
In so doing, he...
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Author:
Chris D. Thomas, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241240762
Language:
English
BRN:
433944
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |