Ghost Species - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghost Species write by James Bradley. This book was released on 2020-10-15. Ghost Species available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In an intimate portrayal of high-concept big ideas, can we engineer ourselves out of a problem of our own making? Set against the backdrop of rapidly escalating climate catastrophe, scientists Kate Larkin and Jay Gunesekera are recruited by tech billionaire and mogul Davis Hucken to the forests of Tasmania, Australia. His Foundation's mission is not only to halt the effects of climate change, but to re-engineer and reverse the damage through the ambitious process of reviving species lost to the earth over time, including a clandestine ambition to resurrect the Neanderthals. When Eve, the first child, is born and grows up in a world crumbling around her, questions arise that she and Kate must face. Is she human or not, real or unnatural, and is she the ghost species or are we? As more and more of us are waking up to the truth about our climate, and our need to reverse the damage we have caused, Ghost Species is timely, poignant and reflective on what it means to be human on a personal and a global scale.
Climate Ghosts
Climate Ghosts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Climate Ghosts write by Nancy Langston. This book was released on 2021. Climate Ghosts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Langston focuses on three ghost species in the Great Lakes watershed-woodland caribou, common loons, and lake sturgeon. Their traces are still present in DNA, small fragmented populations, or in lone individuals. We can still restore them, if we make the hard choices necessary for them to survive"--
Darwin's Ghost
Darwin's Ghost - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Darwin's Ghost write by Steve Jones. This book was released on 2001-04-03. Darwin's Ghost available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A modern geneticist revisits Darwin's classic work to offer contemporary examples and modern research that confirm the book's conclusions on evolution.
Nature's Ghosts
Nature's Ghosts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nature's Ghosts write by Mark V. Barrow. This book was released on 2011-04-15. Nature's Ghosts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The rapid growth of the American environmental movement in recent decades obscures the fact that long before the first Earth Day and the passage of the Endangered Species Act, naturalists and concerned citizens recognized—and worried about—the problem of human-caused extinction. As Mark V. Barrow reveals in Nature’s Ghosts, the threat of species loss has haunted Americans since the early days of the republic. From Thomas Jefferson’s day—when the fossil remains of such fantastic lost animals as the mastodon and the woolly mammoth were first reconstructed—through the pioneering conservation efforts of early naturalists like John James Audubon and John Muir, Barrow shows how Americans came to understand that it was not only possible for entire species to die out, but that humans themselves could be responsible for their extinction. With the destruction of the passenger pigeon and the precipitous decline of the bison, professional scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike began to understand that even very common species were not safe from the juggernaut of modern, industrial society. That realization spawned public education and legislative campaigns that laid the foundation for the modern environmental movement and the preservation of such iconic creatures as the bald eagle, the California condor, and the whooping crane. A sweeping, beautifully illustrated historical narrative that unites the fascinating stories of endangered animals and the dedicated individuals who have studied and struggled to protect them, Nature’s Ghosts offers an unprecedented view of what we’ve lost—and a stark reminder of the hard work of preservation still ahead.
The Ghosts Of Evolution
The Ghosts Of Evolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ghosts Of Evolution write by Connie Barlow. This book was released on 2008-08-05. The Ghosts Of Evolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A new vision is sweeping through ecological science: The dense web of dependencies that makes up an ecosystem has gained an added dimension-the dimension of time. Every field, forest, and park is full of living organisms adapted for relationships with creatures that are now extinct. In a vivid narrative, Connie Barlow shows how the idea of "missing partners" in nature evolved from isolated, curious examples into an idea that is transforming how ecologists understand the entire flora and fauna of the Americas. This fascinating book will enrich and deepen the experience of anyone who enjoys a stroll through the woods or even down an urban sidewalk. But this knowledge has a dark side too: Barlow's "ghost stories" teach us that the ripples of biodiversity loss around us now are just the leading edge of what may well become perilous cascades of extinction.
