Galapagos at the Crossroads
Synopsis
Are the Galapagos really more special than other places? Or are they one example of many microcosms that exist on this fragile planet we call home? I had to conclude that they are unique. Scientists have now said farewell to the Holocene and have rung in a new epoch. They've dubbed it the Anthropocene--a human dominated age in which urban-industrial society has contributed to global warming, mass extinctions, the displacement of species and cultures, and the depletion of non-renewable resources. The impacts, they say, are permanent; the course of evolution itself has been thrust into the unknown.
- प्रतिलिपि अधिकार:
- 2009 Carol Ann Bassett
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781426204357
- Publisher:
- National Geographic Society
- Date of Addition:
- 2011-01-04T18:27:55Z
- भाषा:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.