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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"From the veteran New Yorker staff writer and award-winning author of The Experience of Place: an urgent, resounding call to protect half the earth's land--and thereby millions of its species--by 2050, that gives us the tools to think big about the planet and our role in conserving it. Beginning in the North American Boreal Forest that stretches through Canada, and roving across the continent from the Northern Sierra to Alabama's Paint Rock Forest...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Refusing to accept the mass extinction of species as an inevitability, proposes a plan to save Earth's imperiled biosphere. Half-Earth resoundingly concludes the best-selling trilogy begun by The Social Conquest of Earth and The Meaning of Human Existence, a National Book Award finalist. History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth, a brave work that becomes a radical redefinition of human history. Demonstrating...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an...
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Language
English
Description
"Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East, by Carolyn Summers, was originally published in 2010. Since then, even more has been learned about the ways gardeners can help to bring back insect, bird, and other wildlife populations. Recent news about insect and bird population crashes have helped to move the public opinion needle towards widespread acceptance of the need to include native plants in our landscape. Finally, there is tremendous...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science -- a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in 50 years. Rare then and rarer now, no westerner had glimpsed a live saola before Pulitzer Prize finalist and nature writer William deBuys and conservation biologist William Robichaud set off to search for it...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A gripping account of the environmental crusade to save the world's most endangered species and landscapes-the last best hope for preserving our natural home.
Scientists worldwide are warning of the looming extinction of thousands of species, from tigers and polar bears to rare flowers, birds, and insects. If the destruction continues, a third of all plants and animals could disappear by 2050-and with them earth's life-support ecosystems that provide...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The Sixth Extinction is a haunting account of the age in which we live. Ecologists are calling it the Sixth Great Extinction, and the world isn't losing just its ecological legacy; also vanishing is a vast human legacy of languages and our ways of living, seeing, and knowing.
Terry Glavin confirms that we are in the midst of a nearly unprecedented, catastrophic vanishing of animals, plants, and human cultures. He argues that the language of environmentalism...
12) Biodiversity
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Provides a global perspective on environmental issues while demonstrating the concept which encompasses the many forms of life on earth and their interdependence on one another for survival.
15) Mountains
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Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The majesty of the earth's alpine biome is captured in this guide that discusses threats such as acid rain, climate change, and habitat destruction, clearly depicting how these factors affect the world's mountains. Discusses the landscape and climate of mountains, how mountains are formed, and the animals and plants that live in them--
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Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Young readers can learn how to be modern-day Noah and protect the world's plants and animals from extinction not by building a giant boat, but by making small changes in their everyday lives - from planting trees to turning off the tap - to help preserve the world's biodiversity. Planet Ark is part of CitizenKid™, a collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire them to be better global citizens.
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Biodiversity: Explore the Diversity of Life on Earth with Science Activities for Kids introduces middle schoolers to the evolution of life on Earth, beginning with the first single-celled organisms that emerged 3.8 billion years ago to the complex, multi-celled organisms that exist today and make up the tree of life. Biodiversity is found everywhere on the planet--on land, in the water, and even in extreme environments such as ice and volcanoes. Biodiversity...
19) Biodiversity
Author
Series
Publisher
Brown Bear Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Earth is home to a huge range of plants and animals. This rich mixture is biodiversity. Find out why it is important for the planet, why it is under threat, and what we can do to help"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"One of Forbes.com's 10 Best Conservation and Environment Books of 2016" Peter P. Marra has written more than 175 scientific publications, is the coeditor of Birds of Two Worlds, and directs the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Chris Santella is the author of many books, including the Fifty Places travel and outdoor series and The Tug Is the Drug. His writing has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New...