Life counts
| Title | Life counts
cataloguing life on Earth |
|---|---|
| Author | by Michael Gleich, Dirk Maxeiner, Michael Miersch, Fabian Nicolay; transl. by Steven Rendall |
| Publication | Atlantic Monthly |
| Size | 284p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 0871138468 |
| Topics |
Ecology--Population Population biology Biodiversity Extinction (Biology) Life (Biology) Nature conservation |
| Notes | Six billion people live on earth, but we share the planet with trillions of other life-forms, ranging from bacteria to whales. They make up life's infrastructure and are in effect the underpinnings of human existence. The internationally acclaimed Life Counts shows why we must preserve this biodiversity: if we don't, scientists predict, the earth may lose the ability to support its inhabitants within the next fifty years.Through breathtaking illustrations and lively narration, readers learn that each animal on earth -- whose numbers are greater than our galaxy's stars -- as well as each plant and each microbe, plays a role essential to the life of the planet and, in surprising ways, human economies and health. How can we protect these living things and hence our world? The authors weigh scientist's and international governments' best ideas. Life Counts: Cataloguing Life on Earth is part of the larger Life Counts Project, designed to raise awareness across the globe of the importance of the world's biodiversity. |
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