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The unnatural world : the race to remake civilization in Earth's newest age / David Biello.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Biello, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology.
- Nature and civilization.
- Global environmental change.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Civilization, Modern--21st century.
- Civilization, Modern.
- SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change.
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General.
- NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
- Modern civilization--1950-.
- Human influence on nature.
- Local Subjects:
- SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change.
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General.
- NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
- Modern civilization--1950-.
- Human ecology.
- Human influence on nature.
- Physical Description:
- 294 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016.
- Summary:
- An environmental journalist examines the world humanity has created through climate change and chronicles the scientists, billionaires, and ordinary people who are working toward saving the planet.
- Contents:
- Alter Earth
- Iron rules
- Written in stone
- Terra incognita
- Ground work
- Big death
- The people's epoch
- A better anthropocene
- City folks
- The long thaw
- The final frontier.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Biello, David, author. Unnatural world.
- ISBN:
- 9781476743905
- 1476743908
- OCLC:
- 953258110
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