Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist's Journey to Climate Skepticism
- ISBN-10
- 1490390189
- ISBN-13
- 9781490390185
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 342
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-01
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Author
- Jim Steele
Description
"Landscapes and cycles demonstrates why landscape change, far more than the levels of carbon dioxide, deserve our full attention. Landscapes and cycles is easily understood by the layperson. It outlines how to build a more resilient environment and provides the perspective method needed to critically appraise the overzealous catatrophic predictions that dominate the media. It will enlighten anyone concerned about climate change and the fate of endangered species."--Page 4 of cover.
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