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Biodiversity and Climate Change – Transforming the Biosphere

Biodiversity and Climate Change – Transforming the Biosphere

by Lee Hannah (Author), Lee Hannah (Author), Thomas E. Lovejoy (Author), Edward O. Wilson (Author)

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Synopsis

An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action

The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad-ranging. People who care about the planet and manage natural resources urgently need a synthesis of our rapidly growing understanding of these issues. In this all-new sequel to the 2005 volume Climate Change andBiodiversity, leading experts in the field summarize observed changes, assess what the future holds, and offer suggested responses.

Edited by distinguished conservationist Thomas E. Lovejoy and climate change biologist Lee Hannah, this comprehensive volume includes the latest research and explores emerging topics. From extinction risk to ocean acidification, the future of the Amazon to changes in ecosystem services, and geoengineering to the power of ecosystem restoration, this volume captures the sweep of climate change transformation of the biosphere. An authoritative, up-to-date reference, this is the new benchmark synthesis for climate change scientists, conservationists, managers, policymakers, and educators.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 01 Feb 2019
ISBN 10: 0300206119
ISBN 13: 9780300206111

Media Reviews
Lovejoy and Hannah generate a compelling story of the species extinctions that will accompany ongoing, rapid changes in Earth's climate, coupled with the unrelenting pressure of human population growth. --William H. Schlesinger, President Emeritus, the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Transforming the Biosphere serves as a comprehensiveaccount of this greatest of threatsto humanity's future. It will serve both as atextbook and a call to action. --From the Foreword by Edward O. Wilson
An authoritative analysis of the increasing speed and scale of climate change impacts on our biodiversity, together with an illuminating set of specific ways to use our biodiversity to address climate change. A powerful coupling. --Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary UN Climate Change Convention 2010 - 2016
This book isn't just a call to heed the science; it's a call to citizens everywhere to live up to their responsibilities and protect this fragile planet we share. --John Kerry, United States Secretary of State, 2013-2017
Mankind's heedless extraction and pollution of our planet's resources is tearing apart the web of natural systems that has sustained our species throughout the long course of human development. Tom Lovejoy and Lee Hannah have assembled a book that chronicles these emerging ecological and climatic disasters; yet gives hope that we can still help Earth's systems heal, and blunt the suffering of coming generations. --Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senator for Rhode Island
Author Bio
Thomas E. Lovejoy is university professor at George Mason University. Lee Hannah is senior scientist at Conservation International and adjunct professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.