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Biodiversity

Most Recommended Books

Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine

“This is a book obviously for readers but it’s also a book for writers of science to understand how to capture the imagination of readers.”

Gaia Vince, Environmentalist

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    The best books on The Anthropocene, recommended by Gaia Vince

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    The best books on The Anthropocene - Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, nature and climate change by Elizabeth Kolbert

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    Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, nature and climate change
    by Elizabeth Kolbert

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    The best books on The Anthropocene - When The Rivers Run Dry: Journeys into the heart of the world's water crisis by Fred Pearce

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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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    The best books on The Anthropocene - Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine

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    Last Chance to See
    by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine

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    The best books on The Anthropocene - The End of Nature by Bill McKibben

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    The End of Nature
    by Bill McKibben

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    The best books on The Anthropocene - Our Dying Planet: An ecologist's view of the crisis we face by Peter Sale

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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 - Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, nature and climate change by Elizabeth Kolbert
  • The best books on The Anthropocene - When The Rivers Run Dry: Journeys into the heart of the world's water crisis by Fred Pearce
  • The best books on The Anthropocene - Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine
  • The best books on The Anthropocene - The End of Nature by Bill McKibben
  • The best books on The Anthropocene - 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

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 The Anthropocene, recommended by Gaia Vince

    The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction, recommended by Beth Shapiro

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    The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson

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    The Diversity of Life
    by Edward O. Wilson

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    The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - The Cave Bear Story by Björn Kurtén

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    The Cave Bear Story
    by Björn Kurtén

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    The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine

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    Last Chance to See
    by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine

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    The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - The Making of the Fittest by Sean B Carroll

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    The Making of the Fittest
    by Sean B Carroll

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    The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

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    The Sixth Extinction
    by Elizabeth Kolbert

  • The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson
  • The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - The Cave Bear Story by Björn Kurtén
  • The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine
  • The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - The Making of the Fittest by Sean B Carroll
  • The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction - The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

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.

The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction, recommended by Beth Shapiro

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