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Environmental Conservation & Protection

Prairie Dogs
Constantine N. Slobodchikoff
Bianca Perla
Jennifer L. Verdolin
Hardcover February 2009
A Reef in Time
J.E.N. Veron
Veron presents the geological history of the Great Barrier Reef, the biology of coral reef ecosystems, and a primer on what we know about climate change. He concludes that most coral reefs will be dead from mass bleaching and irreversible acidification within the coming century unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed. If we don't have the political will to confront the plight of the world's reefs, he argues, current processes already in motion will become unstoppable, bringing on a mass extinction the world has not seen for 65 million years.
Hardcover January 2008
The Smaller Majority
Piotr Naskrecki
This large-format volume of color photographs takes readers on a magnificent visual journey into the remote world of small tropical organisms critical to biodiversity. A unique introduction to the marvelous variety of the overlooked life under our feet, Naskrecki's book returns us to a child's sense of wonder with a fully informed, deeply felt understanding of the importance of the world's smaller, teeming life.
Paperback October 2007

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