On extinction : how we became estranged from nature / Melanie Challenger.
By: Challenger, Melanie.
Material type: TextPublisher: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2012General Notes: Originally published: London : Granta, 2011.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-326).Description: 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781619020184; 1619020181.Other title: How we became estranged from nature.Subject(s): Challenger, Melanie -- Travel | Environmental responsibility | Extinction (Biology) | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Environmental degradation | Polar regions -- Description and travelDDC classification: 576.84Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 576.84 C352 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003620606 |
Browsing Davenport Library shelves, Shelving location: Circulating Collection, Collection: Print-Circulating Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
576.82092 D259j 2012 Darwin : portrait of a genius / | 576.839 Ac990 Probability 1 : why there must be intelligent life in the universe / | 576.839 K162 2011 First contact : scientific breakthroughs in the hunt for life beyond Earth / | 576.84 C352 2012 On extinction : how we became estranged from nature / | 576.84 Er94 Extinction : how life on earth nearly ended 250 million years ago / | 576.84 G982 2012 The fate of the species : why the human race may cause its own extinction and how we can stop it / | 576.84 K831 2014 The sixth extinction : an unnatural history / |
Originally published: London : Granta, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-326).
Beginnings : Natural History Museum, London -- The first peregrination : West Penwith, Cornwall: Wild flowers ; Tin ; Ghosts -- The second peregrination : South Georgia, Antarctica and the Falkland Islands: Whales ; Ice ; Savages -- The third peregrination : North Yorkshire, Manhattan Island and Baffin Island: Bones ; Tundra -- Endings : Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.
When gigantic bones of mammoths were first excavated from Siberian in the eighteenth century, scientists were forced to consider a terrifying possibility: many species that had once flourished on the Earth no longer existed. Explores disappearances in nature and why they should concern us.
There are no comments on this title.