Lost Species

Author : Dolly Jorgensen
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262355728
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recovering Lost Species in the Modern Age written by Dolly Jorgensen and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking study of how emotions motivate attempts to counter species loss. This groundbreaking book brings together environmental history and the history of emotions to examine the motivations behind species conservation actions. In Recovering Lost Species in the Modern Age, Dolly Jørgensen uses the environmental histories of reintroduction, rewilding, and resurrection to view the modern conservation paradigm of the recovery of nature as an emotionally charged practice. Jørgensen argues that the recovery of nature—identifying that something is lost and then going out to find it and bring it back—is a nostalgic practice that looks to a historical past and relies on the concept of belonging to justify future-oriented action. The recovery impulse depends on emotional responses to what is lost, particularly a longing for recovery that manifests itself in such emotions as guilt, hope, fear, and grief. Jørgensen explains why emotional frameworks matter deeply—both for how people understand nature theoretically and how they interact with it physically. The identification of what belongs (the lost nature) and our longing (the emotional attachment to it) in the present will affect how environmental restoration practices are carried out in the future. A sustainable future will depend on questioning how and why belonging and longing factor into the choices we make about what to recover.

Author : Nina Berkhout
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250085071
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gallery of Lost Species written by Nina Berkhout and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Canada by House of Anansi Press Inc."--Title page verso.

Author : Rebecca E. Hirsch
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
ISBN 13 : 1467794902
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book De-extinction written by Rebecca E. Hirsch and published by Twenty-First Century Books (Tm). This book was released on 2017 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the pros and cons of de-extinction and the new science that makes it possible.

Author : Douglas Ian Campbell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319695789
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resurrecting Extinct Species written by Douglas Ian Campbell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the philosophy of de-extinction. To make an extinct species ‘de-extinct’ is to resurrect it by creating new organisms of the same, or similar, appearance and genetics. The book describes current attempts to resurrect three species, the aurochs, woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon. It then investigates two major philosophical questions such projects throw up. These are the Authenticity Question—‘will the products of de-extinction be authentic members of the original species?’—and the Ethical Question—‘is de-extinction something that should be done?' The book surveys and critically evaluates a raft of arguments for and against the authenticity or de-extinct organisms, and for and against the ethical legitimacy of de-extinction. It concludes, first, that authentic de-extinctions are actually possible, and second, that de-extinction can potentially be ethically legitimate, especially when deployed as part of a ‘freeze now and resurrect later’ conservation strategy.

Author : Carol Hand
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508180415
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reviving Extinct Species written by Carol Hand and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who wouldn't be thrilled to see a real, live dinosaur, like those in Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park? Readers find out if it is possible to bring extinct animals back to life. This book delves into the science behind attempts to revive extinct species through processes such as cloning and genetic engineering, and compares actual with fictional efforts. It looks at how scientists have gone about trying to revive extinct species, such as the quagga, woolly mammoth, and passenger pigeon. It also considers the ethics and the ecological effects of trying to revive an extinct species and introduce it to a modern-day ecosystem.

Author : John Whitfield
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588346986
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Animals written by John Whitfield and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the incredible animals that have disappeared due to competition, mass extinctions, hunting, and human activity. Lost Animals brings back to life some of the most charismatic creatures to inhabit the planet. It captures the imagination with more than 200 incredible photographs, artworks of fossils, and scientific drawings of charming creatures like dodos, paraceratherium (the largest land mammal), spinosaurus (the biggest carnivorous dinosaur), placeoderm fishes (the sharks of their day), and more! Lost Animals is a captivating documentation of evolution and extinction. Each chapter focuses on a specific time in Earth's history, from the Cambrian explosion (the most intense surge of evolution the world has ever experienced) to present times, with profiles of the key species that lived then. From long extinct animals to Lazarus species--animals that were thought to be extinct before being rediscovered--this book takes readers on a journey through Earth's natural history, highlighting the world's biggest animal losses and its moments of conservational hope.

Author : Christopher Kemp
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022651370X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Species written by Christopher Kemp and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We hear routinely about dinosaurs unearthed in the Gobi Desert, about new marsupials found in the forests of Madagascar, about darling deep sea squid in the polar regions. These discoveries tend to be accompanied by wondrous feats of adventuring scientists. But just as one can experience the world in a backyard, or farther reaches of the world with a good book and a comfy armchair, scientists themselves know that the natural history museums of the world contain some of the best terrain for discovering new species. In recent years scientists have found in museum drawers and cabinets a new rove beetle collected by Darwin, a tiny lungless salamander thinner than a matchstick, a monkey from the Brazilian rainforest, and a 40 million year old beardog. The Lost Species shares the thrill of spelunking in museum basements, digging in museum trays, and breathing new life in taxidermied beings--a in a days' adventure for the scientists in this book. These discoveries help tell the story of life, and the priceless collections of natural history museums.

Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780865476684
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghost with Trembling Wings written by Scott Weidensaul and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-06-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott Weidensaul chronicles scientists' search for extinct species, discussing how some plants and animals have reappeared after being lost for hundreds of years.

Author : Jess French
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1526361388
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Species written by Jess French and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into an incredible lost world and marvel at the strange and magnificent creatures that once roamed our Earth. From the awe-inspiring woolly mammoth and the ferocious Spinosaurus to the shy Chinese river dolphin and incredibly rare Pinta Island tortoise 'Lonesome George', meet 35 extinct species and discover how these creatures came under threat. Featuring additional information on 'Lazarus species' (animals declared extinct but which, amazingly, have been rediscovered in the wild), and mass extinction events, including the part we are playing in endangering our wildlife, the book shows young readers that extinction is not simply a part of ancient history - it is happening right now across the planet - but that if we all make some small changes to our lifestyles, our wonderful species can be saved. With beautiful and vibrant illustrations throughout, this stunning large format compendium is a reminder of the remarkable animals we have lost, as well as a celebration of those that have returned from the brink of extinction.

Author : Angela Sierra-Almeida
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889744493
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consequences of Climate Change for Plant Biodiversity in High Mountain Ecosystems written by Angela Sierra-Almeida and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: