Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis
- ISBN-10
- 0691050090
- ISBN-13
- 9780691050096
- Series
- Life in the Balance
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-02-20
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Niles Eldredge
Description
In Life in the Balance, Niles Eldredge argues that the Earth is confronting an ecological disaster in the making. He reviews compelling evidence for this "biodiversity crisis", showing that species are dying out at an unnaturally rapid rate. This book explores the same themes that illuminate the American Museum of Natural History's new Hall of Biodiversity, for which Eldredge is Scientific Curator. An eloquent and passionate account by one of today's leading scientists, Life in the Balance draws attention to one of the most pressing problems now facing the world. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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- 2008-01
- 201 pages
- Paperback
- Union Square Press
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