The Quiet Extinction
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Author |
: Kara Rogers |
Publisher |
: University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2015-10-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780816531066 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0816531064 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Quiet Extinction by : Kara Rogers
In the United States and Canada, thousands of species of native plants are edging toward the brink of extinction, and they are doing so quietly. They are slipping away inconspicuously from settings as diverse as backyards and protected lands. The factors that have contributed to their disappearance are varied and complex, but the consequences of their loss are immeasurable. With extensive histories of a cast of familiar and rare North American plants, The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons why many of our native plants are disappearing. Curious minds will find a desperate struggle for existence waged by these plants and discover the great environmental impacts that could come if the struggle continues. Kara Rogers relates the stories of some of North America’s most inspiring rare and threatened plants. She explores, as never before, their significance to the continent’s natural heritage, capturing the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them. Accompanied by illustrations created by the author and packed with absorbing detail, The Quiet Extinction offers a compelling and refreshing perspective of rare and threatened plants and their relationship with the land and its people.
Author |
: Kara Rogers |
Publisher |
: University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2015-10-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780816532346 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0816532346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Quiet Extinction by : Kara Rogers
In the United States and Canada, thousands of species of native plants are edging toward the brink of extinction, and they are doing so quietly. They are slipping away inconspicuously from settings as diverse as backyards and protected lands. The factors that have contributed to their disappearance are varied and complex, but the consequences of their loss are immeasurable. With extensive histories of a cast of familiar and rare North American plants, The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons why many of our native plants are disappearing. Curious minds will find a desperate struggle for existence waged by these plants and discover the great environmental impacts that could come if the struggle continues. Kara Rogers relates the stories of some of North America’s most inspiring rare and threatened plants. She explores, as never before, their significance to the continent’s natural heritage, capturing the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them. Accompanied by illustrations created by the author and packed with absorbing detail, The Quiet Extinction offers a compelling and refreshing perspective of rare and threatened plants and their relationship with the land and its people.
Author |
: Kara Rogers |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1342139438 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Quiet Extinction by : Kara Rogers
"The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons many of our native plants are disappearing, noting their significance to the continent's natural heritage. Kara Rogers captures the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them"--
Author |
: Nathan Brusilow |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 365 |
Release |
: 1957 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:458940009 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Quiet Earth. A Tale of an Extinct World by : Nathan Brusilow
Author |
: Michael Nye |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 235 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1938466004 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781938466007 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Strategies Against Extinction by : Michael Nye
Michael Nye's debut short story collection presents nine stories about people who find themselves at turning points in their lives-times of disruption and dislocation, yet also of reclamation and reinvention. These diverse characters include a war veteran turned radio broadcaster, a film projectionist, a former governor of Ohio, a second-generation comic book store owner, and a vascular surgeon at one of Boston's premier hospitals. Startling and precise in its evocations of the lives of memorable characters, Strategies Against Extinction is rich with energetic observation, attentive empathy, and a compelling spirit of uncertainty.
Author |
: Kathleen Dean Moore |
Publisher |
: Catapult |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2021-02-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781640093683 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1640093680 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Earth's Wild Music by : Kathleen Dean Moore
At once joyous and somber, this thoughtful gathering of new and selected essays spans Kathleen Dean Moore's distinguished career as a tireless advocate for environmental activism in the face of climate change. In this meditation on the music of the natural world, Moore celebrates the call of loons, howl of wolves, bellow of whales, laughter of children, and shriek of frogs, even as she warns of the threats against them. Each group of essays moves, as Moore herself has been moved, from celebration to lamentation to bewilderment and finally to the determination to act in defense of wild songs and the creatures who sing them. Music is the shivering urgency and exuberance of life ongoing. In a time of terrible silencing, Moore asks, who will forgive us if we do not save nature's songs?
Author |
: Thom van Dooren |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 2023-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262547345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262547341 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis A World in a Shell by : Thom van Dooren
Following the trails of Hawai‘i’s snails to explore the simultaneously biological and cultural significance of extinction. In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species. In A World in a Shell, Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai‘i—once home to more than 750 species of land snails, almost two-thirds of which are now gone. Following snail trails through forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, and meeting with scientists and Native Hawaiians, van Dooren explores ongoing processes of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience. Van Dooren recounts the fascinating history of snail decline in the Hawaiian Islands: from deforestation for agriculture, timber, and more, through the nineteenth century shell collecting mania of missionary settlers, and on to the contemporary impacts of introduced predators. Along the way he asks how both snail loss and conservation efforts have been tangled up with larger processes of colonization, militarization, and globalization. These snail stories provide a potent window into ongoing global process of environmental and cultural change, including the largely unnoticed disappearance of countless snails, insects, and other less charismatic species. Ultimately, van Dooren seeks to cultivate a sense of wonder and appreciation for our damaged planet, revealing the world of possibilities and relationships that lies coiled within a snail’s shell.
Author |
: Ross D.E. MacPhee |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2013-11-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781475752021 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1475752024 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Extinctions in Near Time by : Ross D.E. MacPhee
"Near time" -an interval that spans the last 100,000 years or so of earth history-qualifies as a remarkable period for many reasons. From an anthropocentric point of view, the out standing feature of near time is the fact that the evolution, cultural diversification, and glob al spread of Homo sapiens have all occurred within it. From a wider biological perspective, however, the hallmark of near time is better conceived of as being one of enduring, repeat ed loss. The point is important. Despite the sense of uniqueness implicit in phrases like "the biodiversity crisis," meant to convey the notion that the present bout of extinctions is by far the worst endured in recent times, substantial losses have occurred throughout near time. In the majority of cases, these losses occurred when, and only when, people began to ex pand across areas that had never before experienced their presence. Although the explana tion for these correlations in time and space may seem obvious, it is one thing to rhetori cally observe that there is a connection between humans and recent extinctions, and quite another to demonstrate it scientifically. How should this be done? Traditionally, the study of past extinctions has fallen largely to researchers steeped in such disciplines as paleontology, systematics, and paleoecology. The evaluation of future losses, by contrast, has lain almost exclusively within the domain of conservation biolo gists. Now, more than ever, there is opportunity for overlap and sharing of information.
Author |
: Peter Marren |
Publisher |
: Hodder & Stoughton |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 2022-05-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781529393415 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1529393418 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis After They're Gone by : Peter Marren
'Wise, challenging and offering some unexpected laughter in the dark, this is a rational and insightful account of the sixth great extinction event. Peter Marren is a brilliant writer and a national treasure.' PATRICK BARKHAM 'Thoughtful, fascinating and very timely.' STEPHEN MOSS 'Important and thought-provoking.' CAROLINE LUCAS, GREEN PARTY MP 'Essential reading. Marren makes a page-turner out of Armageddon.' SIMON BARNES 'In his characteristic style Peter Marren has humanised the story of wildlife losses with humour and wit but also with his enormous knowledge and deep love for the living world.' MARK COCKER We are in the midst of an extinction event: the sixth mass extinction on earth and one entirely caused by mankind. All species become extinct sooner or later, but we have accelerated that natural process several hundredfold and now, it is happening right in front of our eyes. Extinction has a terrifying finality to it. And many species have already been lost to us forever; there is little we can do about that. What we can do, however, is reflect, remember, and ultimately acknowledge the unvarnished truth. We must see the natural world as it is, and not as we might want it to be. Our trajectory is one that has benefited one species alone - humankind. For all other beings, from mammals to fish, from birds to insects and coral, from plants to lichens and fungi, the future, for better or worse, is in our hands.
Author |
: Nicholas Sansbury Smith |
Publisher |
: Orbit |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2017-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316557986 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316557986 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Extinction Horizon by : Nicholas Sansbury Smith
USA Today bestseller Nicholas Sansbury Smith's first book in his thrilling post-apocalyptic series about one man's mission to save the world. Master Sergeant Reed Beckham has led his Delta Force Team, codenamed Ghost, through every kind of hell imaginable and never lost a man. When a top secret Medical Corps research facility goes dark, Team Ghost is called in to face their deadliest enemy yet -- a variant strain of Ebola that turns men into monsters. After barely escaping with his life, Beckham returns to Fort Bragg in the midst of a new type of war. As cities fall, Team Ghost is ordered to keep CDC virologist Dr. Kate Lovato alive long enough to find a cure. What she uncovers will change everything. Total extinction is just on the horizon, but will the cure be worse than the virus? Extinction is just on the horizon. . . Start reading the book that D. J. Molles said "delivers unrelenting unmerciful action" before it's too late!