Biodiversity
Last updated: June 11, 2023
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Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, nature and climate change
by Elizabeth Kolbert -
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When The Rivers Run Dry: Journeys into the heart of the world's water crisis
by Fred Pearce -
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Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine -
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The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben -
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Our Dying Planet: An ecologist's view of the crisis we face
by Peter Sale
The best books on The Anthropocene, recommended by Gaia Vince
The best books on The Anthropocene, recommended by Gaia Vince
In 2015 Gaia Vince became the first woman to win the Royal Society’s science book of the year prize for her book, Adventures in the Anthropocene. She spent two years on the road investigating how communities across the world are coping with climate change. Here, she shares the five best books on climate change and the Anthropocene – the geological epoch of man.
The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction, recommended by Beth Shapiro
Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro tells us why it’s impossible to clone a mammoth, and why we might want to. She guides us through five inspiring books to get us thinking about extinction and the role genetics could potentially play in maintaining biodiversity.
