A Life On Our Planet

Author : David Attenborough
Publisher : Random House
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781473584884

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With a new afterword, Why You Are Here: A speech on the opening of the COP26 climate summit As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement, and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have the opportunity to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited. All we need is the will do so.

Author : Sir David Attenborough
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781538720004

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A Life on Our Planet by Sir David Attenborough Pdf

*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day -- the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake -- and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited. All we need is the will to do so.

Author : Alastair Fothergill,Keith Scholey,Fred Pearce
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781473569225

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Our Planet by Alastair Fothergill,Keith Scholey,Fred Pearce Pdf

'The future of all life on this earth depends on our willingness to take action now' David Attenborough The official companion to the ground-breaking Netflix original series. With a foreword by Sir David Attenborough, breathtakingly beautiful still photography, specially commissioned maps and graphics, and compelling text expanding on the remarkable TV stories and giving the reader a depth of information that is impossible on screen, this companion book presents a whole new view of the place we call home. Featuring some of the world's rarest creatures and previously unseen parts of the Earth from deep oceans to remote forests to ice caps, Our Planet takes nature-lovers deep into the science of our natural world. Revealing the most amazing sights on Earth in unprecedented ways, alongside stories of the ways humans are affecting the world's ecosystems, from the wildebeest migrations in Africa to the penguin colonies of Antarctica, this book captures in one concise narrative a fundamental message: If we don't act now to protect and preserve our planet, the beauty we're lucky enough to witness on these pages will have disappeared . . . 'This book is part of a vital global conversation about protecting and preserving the planet.' Compass Magazine

Author : Edward O. Wilson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781631490835

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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson Pdf

"An audacious and concrete proposal…Half-Earth completes the 86-year-old Wilson’s valedictory trilogy on the human animal and our place on the planet." —Jedediah Purdy, New Republic In his most urgent book to date, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and world-renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson states that in order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet. In this "visionary blueprint for saving the planet" (Stephen Greenblatt), Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature. Identifying actual regions of the planet that can still be reclaimed—such as the California redwood forest, the Amazon River basin, and grasslands of the Serengeti, among others—Wilson puts aside the prevailing pessimism of our times and "speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all" (Oliver Sacks).

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Summary of David Attenborough's A Life on Our Planet by Milkyway Media Pdf

Buy now to get the main key ideas from David Attenborough's A Life on Our Planet Humans have long ruled the natural world, bending it to our will and desires. But all actions have consequences, and we’ve only just begun to see the destruction our actions have caused on our planet. In A Life on Our Planet, David Attenborough discusses how we as a species arrived at this crucial juncture in our planet’s history, and what we must do in order to return it to balance. The most important step is increasing our planet’s biodiversity. With more species of plants and animals, that means more food sources for both animals and humans, better carbon intake, and an overall better functioning ecosystem. With climate change, species going extinct, and an ever-increasing population, we are seeing the signs that Earth is at its tipping point. We must act now and begin to return Earth to its natural state, or potentially lose it forever.

Author : Tom Fletcher
Publisher : Random House
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781529900293

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Life on Our Planet by Tom Fletcher Pdf

Today there are 20 million species on our planet. Yet what we see is just a snapshot in time. 99% of Earth's inhabitants are lost to our deep past. The story of what happened to these lineages - their rise and their fall - is truly remarkable. Accompanying the ground-breaking series, Life on Our Planet tells the story of life's epic battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth, showing in a new light what's been lost to us, and how life's future is now being written by us. From ancient ocean worlds and plant life's first forays onto land, to the rise and fall of the dinosaurs and the devastation of the last Ice Age, this is a sweeping view of evolution, through five extinctions and, with the arrival of humans on earth, the beginning of the sixth... With over 200 photos and images from the groundbreaking Netflix series, Life on Our Planet is an unforgettable journey to our ancient past, containing powerful lessons to learn about our future.

Author : Ted Nield
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781847086778

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Supercontinent by Ted Nield Pdf

The shifting continents of the Earth are heading for inevitable collision: 250 million years from now, all the land masses on this planet will come together in a single, gigantic supercontinent which no human is ever likely to see. That future supercontinent will not be the first to form on Earth, nor will it be the last. Each cycle lasts half a billion years, making it the grandest of all the patterns in nature. It is scarcely a century since science first understood how Pangaea, the supercontinent which gave birth to dinosaurs, split apart, but scientists can now look back three-quarters of a billion years into the Earth's almost indecipherable past to reconstruct Pangaea's predecessor, and computer-model the shape of the Earth's far-distant future. Ted Nield's book tells the astounding story of how that science emerged (often in the face of fierce opposition), and how scientists today are using the most modern techniques to draw information out of the oldest rocks on Earth. It also reveals the remarkable human story of the Altantis-seeking visionaries and madmen who have been imagining lost or undiscovered continents for centuries. Ultimately all supercontinents exist only in the human imagination, but understanding the 'Supercontinent Cycle' represents nothing less than finally knowing how our planet works.

Author : Ronald G. Carlson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1640288473

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Mankind Is Destroying Life on Our Planet by Ronald G. Carlson Pdf

This book is about the true origin of man based on fact, and what is currently known to us at this time from a variety of sources. This book has been written to define what life is really about. Why are we here? Who put us here? What is our purpose? What is the reason for life? What are we supposed to do? This book will reveal the origin of civilization, why we are here, and what we are supposed to do. We will put all of the pieces of the puzzle together and explore the true nature of humanity and animals and our place on earth. We will describe and categorize every type of living land animal and the human being. Here is what we know: We have no true estimation of when early humans first emerged on this planet. Before recorded history, we must have emerged from a warm climate. It is likely we needed no clothes to keep us warm. We probably had easy access and for some reason we were given clues and hints for survival. While Darwin may have suggested that man originated from apes, there is no concrete proof of such evolution, and no indication that we didn't start out much like how we are now. Of course, we have adapted to our environment. Minor changes for our survival were necessary, but evolution does not exist, even if today we find perfectly preserved specimens of dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago.

Author : Colin Butfield,Jonnie Hughes
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781529388657

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Earthshot by Colin Butfield,Jonnie Hughes Pdf

The Earthshot concept is simple: Urgency + Optimism = Action. We have ten years to turn the tide on the environmental crisis, but we need the world's best solutions and one shared goal - to save our planet. It's not too late, but we need collective action now. The Earthshots are unifying, ambitious goals for our planet which, if achieved by 2030, will improve life for all of us, for the rest of life on Earth, and for generations to come. They are to: · Protect and Restore Nature · Clean our Air · Revive our Oceans · Build a Waste-Free World · Fix our Climate EARTHSHOT: HOW TO SAVE OUR PLANET is the first definitive book about how these goals can tackle the environmental crisis, from rainforests to coral reefs, via wilderness, cities and in our own homes. It is a critical contribution to the most important story of the decade.

Author : Ronald Carlson
Publisher : Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1634182499

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Mankind Is Destroying Life on Our Planet by Ronald Carlson Pdf

This book will reveal the origin of civilization, why we are here, and what we are supposed to do. We will put all of the pieces of the puzzle together and explore the true nature of humanity and animals and our place on earth. We will describe and categorize every type of living land animal and the human being. Here is what we know: We have no true estimation of when early humans first emerged on this planet. Before recorded history, we must have emerged from a warm climate. It is likely we needed no clothes to keep us warm. We probably had easy access and for some reason we were given clues and hints for survival. While Darwin may have suggested that man originated from apes, there is no concrete proof of such evolution, and no indication that we didn't start out much like how we are now. Of course, we have adapted to our environment. Minor changes for our survival were necessary, but evolution does not exist, even if today we find perfectly preserved specimens of dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago.

Author : Johan Rockström,Owen Gaffney
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780241527702

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Breaking Boundaries by Johan Rockström,Owen Gaffney Pdf

On the brink of a critical moment in human history, this book presents a vision of "planetary stewardship" - a rethinking of our relationship with our planet - and plots a new course for our future. The authors reveal the full scale of the planetary emergency we face - but also how we can stabilize Earth's life support system. The necessary change is within our power, if we act now. In 2009, scientists identified nine planetary boundaries that keep Earth stable, ranging from biodiversity to ozone. Beyond these boundaries lurk tipping points. In order to stop short of these tipping points, the 2020s must see the fastest economic transition in history. This book demonstrates how societies are reaching positive tipping points that make this transition possible: groups such as Extinction Rebellion and the schoolchildren led by Greta Thunberg demand political action; countries are committing to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions; and one tipping point has even already passed - the price of clean energy has dropped below that of fossil fuels. The story is accompanied by unique images of Earth produced by Globaïa, the world's leading visualizers of human impact.

Author : Dimitar Sasselov
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780465023400

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The Life of Super-Earths by Dimitar Sasselov Pdf

In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus fomented a revolution when he debunked the geocentric view of the universe, proving instead that our planet wasn't central to the universe. Almost five hundred years later, the revolution he set in motion is nearly complete. Just as earth is not the center of things, the life on it, it appears, is not unique to the planet. Or is it?The Life of Super-Earths is a breathtaking tour of current efforts to answer the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe? Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov, the founding director of Harvard University's Origins of Life Initiative, takes us on a fast-paced hunt for habitable planets and alien life forms. He shows how the search for "super-Earths" -- rocky planets like our own that orbit other stars -- may provide the key to answering essential questions about the origins of life here and elsewhere. That is, if we don't find the answers to those questions here first. As Sasselov and other astronomers have uncovered planets with mixes of elements different from our own, chemists have begun working out the heretofore unseen biochemistries that those planets could support. That knowledge is feeding directly into synthetic biology -- the effort to build wholly novel forms of life -- making it likely that we will first discover truly "alien" life forms in an earthly lab, rather than on a remote planet thousands of light years away. Sasselov tells the gripping story of a moment of unprecedented potential -- a convergence of pioneering efforts in astronomy and biology to peer into the unknown. The Life of Super-Earths offers nothing short of a transformation in our understanding of life and its place in the cosmos.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2612305

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The Open Court by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309463942

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Searching for Life Across Space and Time by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board Pdf

The search for life is one of the most active fields in space science and involves a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including planetary science, astronomy and astrophysics, chemistry, biology, chemistry, and geoscience. In December 2016, the Space Studies Board hosted a workshop to explore the possibility of habitable environments in the solar system and in exoplanets, techniques for detecting life, and the instrumentation used. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Author : Johan Rockstrom,Owen Gaffney
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780744028133

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Breaking Boundaries by Johan Rockstrom,Owen Gaffney Pdf

An accessible summary of the planetary emergency and how to turn things around, from authors whose work is the focus of a new Netflix documentary narrated by David Attenborough. On the brink of a critical moment in human history, this book presents a vision of “planetary stewardship” – a rethinking of our relationship with our planet – and plots a new course for our future. The authors, whose work is the subject of a new documentary due to air on Netflix summer 2021, reveal the full scale of the planetary emergency we face – but also how we can stabilize Earth’s life support system. The necessary change is within our power, if we act now. In 2009, scientists identified nine planetary boundaries that keep Earth stable, ranging from biodiversity to ozone. Beyond these boundaries lurk tipping points. In order to stop short of these tipping points, the 2020s must see the fastest economic transition in history. This book demonstrates how societies are reaching positive tipping points that make this transition possible: groups such as the schoolchildren led by Greta Thunberg demand political action; countries are committing to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions; and one tipping point has even already passed – the price of clean energy has dropped below that of fossil fuels. The story is accompanied by unique images of Earth produced by Globaïa, the world’s leading visualizers of human impact.