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Bibelns ord om att människan skulle lägga jorden under sig och härska över havets fiskar och himlens fåglar och över alla djur som myllrar på jorden har blivit uppfyllda med råge. Människans avtryck på planeten är så påtagliga att vi talar om en n...

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The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? Meet the biologists trying to ...

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Arterna dör i en aldrig förr skådad takt. Detta är det sjätte massutdöendet och det pågår mitt framför våra ögon. Under de föregående 500 miljoner åren år har jorden drabbats av fem förödande massutrotningar. Denna gång är det värre än någonsin ti...

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural...

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Arterna dör i en aldrig förr skådad takt. Detta är det sjätte massutdöendet och det pågår mitt framför våra ögon. Under de föregående 500 miljoner åren år har jorden drabbats av fem förödande massutrotningar. Denna gång är det värre än någonsin ti...

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_________________ A superbly crafted, diligently compressed vision of a world spiralling towards destruction' - Observer Kolbert mesmerises with her poetic cadence in this riveting view of the apocalypse already upon us' - Robert F. Kenn...

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? From her coverage in The New Yorker , Eli...

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That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geolog...

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural ...

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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyesOver...

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Climate change resists narrative and yet we must see clearly whats happening in our world. Millions of lives are at stake, and upwards of a million species. We must act. 'To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth, you need to read Elizabe...

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In this young readers adaptation of the New York Times -bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. Over the last hal...

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST The 10th-anniversary edition of the instant classic, The Sixth Extinction , n...

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_________________'A superbly crafted, diligently compressed vision of a world spiralling towards destruction' - Observer'Kolbert mesmerises with her poetic cadence in this riveting view of the apocalypse already upon us' - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'T...

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________________ WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION ________________ ''An invaluable contribution to our understanding of present circumstances, just as the paradigm shift she calls for is sorely needed'' - Al Gore, New York...

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________________ WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION ________________ 'An invaluable contribution to our understanding of present circumstances, just as the paradigm shift she calls for is sorely needed' - Al Gore, ...

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinc...

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The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?Meet the biologists trying to save t...

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AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2021The New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth Extinction and Field Notes from a Catastrophe returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment in Under a White Sky.That man should have d...

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An innovatively packaged literary anthology published to commemorate the International Polar Year-and remind us what we're in danger of losing.The Arctic and Antarctic ice shelves have been an object of obsession for as long as we've known they ex...

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A new edition of the book that launched Elizabeth Kolbert's career as an environmental writer-updated with three new chapters, making it, yet again, "e;irreplaceable"e; (Boston Globe). Elizabeth Kolbert's environmental classic Field Notes ...

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In this young readers edition of the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prizewinning The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before.Over the last half a bi...

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The Arctic: An Anthology features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the North Pole. The contributors include British, America...

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In twenty-six essays—one for each letter of the alphabet—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future. ...

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Aus dem biblischen Auftrag, sich die Erde untertan zu machen, ist düstere Realität geworden: Wir befinden uns mitten in einem Artensterben gigantischen Ausmaßes. Das Klima verändert sich, weil wir das Klima verändern. So tiefgreifend beeinflusst u...

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Sie haben noch nie etwas vom Stummelfußfrosch gehört? Oder vom Sumatra-Nashorn? Gut möglich, dass Sie auch nie von ihnen hören werden, denn sie sind dabei auszusterben. Wir erleben derzeit das sechste sogenannte Massenaussterben: In einem relativ ...

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Das Klima verändert sich, weil wir das Klima verändern. So tiefgreifend beeinflusst unser Handeln den Planeten, dass Wissenschaftler vom Erdzeitalter des Menschen sprechen, dem Anthropozän. Wir stehen vor einem Dilemma: Unsere Eingriffe in die Umw...

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Ätherische Wunderwesen der Meere David Liittschwager enthüllt die Schönheit dreier rätselhafter Meeresbewohner - Oktopus, Seepferdchen und Qualle - und wie sie die Welt wahrnehmen. Oktopus, Qualle und Seepferdchen gehören zu den wundersamsten Spez...

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