Terra

Our 100-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem--and the Threats That Now Put It at Risk

Michael Novacek

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“Terra is one of the important books of our time—and it will change the way you think about the world.” —Neil Shubin, Provost, Field Museum of Natural History

The natural world as humans have always known it evolved close to 100 million years ago with the appearance of flowering plants and pollinating insects during the age of the dinosaurs. Its tremendous history is now in danger of profound, catastrophic disruption. In this brilliant synthesis of evolutionary biology, paleontology, and modern environmental science, Michael Novacek shows how we can understand and prevent what he and others call today’s “mass extinction event.”

 

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Hans007  rated it  
Aug 17, 2010
This is a very interesting 100 million year history of our world ecosystem including the astounding events thave occured during this time, such as the extinction of dinosaurs, evolutions of humans etc. ...more
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Nicole  rated it  
May 19, 2010
This book summarized a lot of fascinating information about how the world as we know it developed and how we discovered what we know about past and present ecosystems and extinction events. It connected this information to our expectations of future changes in the global environment, considering not ...more
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Kitty  rated it  
Aug 4, 2008
Good information on how our current ecosystem began, the evolution of various forms, and how what happens in the natural world, and what we do, makes a difference in the atmosphere.

For a comprehensive picture, read this in conjunction with Rivers In Time by Peter D. Ward, Censoring Scie ...more
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Michael Novacek

Michael Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science at the American Museum of Natural History, is the author of Time Traveler (FSG, 2002) and Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs (1996). He lives in New York City.

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Terra
Our 100-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem--and the Threats That Now Put It at Risk
Michael Novacek

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
November 2008
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ISBN: 9780374531416
ISBN10: 0374531412
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 480 pages, Includes 63 Black-and-White Illustrations, Charts and Graphs, Notes and References, and an Index
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