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UNINA9910818248503321 |
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Barnosky Anthony D. |
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Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth / / Anthony D. Barnosky |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Mass extinctions |
Extinction (Biology) |
Conservation of natural resources |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Last Ones Standing -- 2. It's Not Too Late (Yet) -- 3. A Perfect Storm -- 4. Power -- 5. Food -- 6. Money -- 7. Resuscitation -- 8. Back from the Brink -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
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Paleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Writing from the front lines of extinction research, Barnosky tells the overarching story of geologic and evolutionary history and how it informs the way humans inhabit, exploit, and impact Earth today. He presents compelling evidence that unless we rethink how we generate the power we use to run our global ecosystem, where we get our food, and how we make our money, we will trigger what would be the sixth great extinction on Earth, with dire consequences. Optimistic that we can change this ominous forecast if we act now, Barnosky provides clear-cut strategies to guide the planet away from global catastrophe. In many instances the necessary technology and know-how already exist and are being applied to crucial issues around human-caused climate change, feeding the world's growing population, and exploiting natural resources. Deeply informed yet accessibly written, Dodging |
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Extinction is nothing short of a guidebook for saving the planet. |
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UNINA9910146614303321 |
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International journal of control, automation, and systems |
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Seoul, Korea, : Institute of Control, Automation, and Systems Engineers [and Korean Institute of Electricial Engineers], 2003- |
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[Seoul, Korea?], : Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems Engineers and the Korean Institute of Electricial Engineers |
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Heidelberg, : Springer-Verlag [distributor] |
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Automatic control |
Adaptive control systems |
Control theory |
Automation |
Systems engineering |
Expert systems (Computer science) |
Robotics |
Commande automatique |
Systèmes adaptatifs |
Théorie de la commande |
Automatisation |
Ingénierie des systèmes |
Systèmes experts (Informatique) |
Robotique |
Control intel·ligent |
Teoria de control |
Robòtica |
Automatització |
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Périodiques. |
Revistes electròniques. |
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Title from home page (viewed October 13, 2005). |
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The aim of this journal is provide a forum for original research results on theory, design, experiments, and applications in all technical areas of control, automation, and systems. |
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