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050		4	_aGF 75 _bD86.2021
100	1		_aDunn, Rob _eautor _4aut _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008189168 _9203305
245	1	2	_aA natural history of the future : _bwhat the laws of biology tell us about the destiny of the human species / _cRob Dunn
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2021
264		4	_c©2021
300			_avii, 306 páginas : _bilustraciones, mapas ; _c25 cm
336			_btxt _2rdacontent
337			_asin mediación _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolumen _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 269-288) e índice.
505	0	0	_tBlindsided by life -- _tUrban Galapagos -- _tThe inadvertent ark -- _tThe last escape -- _tThe human niche -- _tThe intelligence of crows -- _tEmbracing diversity to balance risk -- _tThe law of dependence -- _tHumpty Dumpty and the robotic sex bees -- _tLiving with evolution -- _tNot the end of nature -- _tConclusion: No longer among the living.
520			_a"Biologist Rob Dunn grew up listening to stories of the Mississippi River, how it flooded his grandfather's town of Greenville, swallowing up the townsfolk and leaving behind a muddy wasteland. Years later, Dunn discovered the cause of the great deluge. The Army Corps of Engineers had tried to straighten the river, cutting off its meandering oxbows in order to allow for the easy passage of boats. They had tried to bend nature to their own design. But as Dunn argues in A Natural History of the Future, nature has its own set of rules, and no amount of human tampering can rewrite them. We might think that we can meet the challenges of global warming by manipulating nature with our technology--and even that we can live without non-human life--but as Dunn shows, we can't. We not only rely on the natural world for food, but we need its microbes to carry out the most basic bodily functions. The rules of life, Dunn explains, are all-encompassing, governing where species are likely to abound, the inevitable arms race between humans and our predators, and even our own ignorance about nature. Collectively, these rules shed light on the future of life and our destiny, revealing where our visions for cities, roads, schools, and society at large run afoul of nature's inescapable dictates. The future we have been planning is one in which we try to hold back life. As Dunn argues, we cannot: Surviving or reversing climate change and other ecological catastrophes isn't just a question of reducing our carbon footprint with clean technologies or protecting ecosystems. It's not about "fixes." It's about working with nature, and so learning to live by the rules that entails. Drawing on topics as diverse as how microbes acquired during birth affect our health and what species might inhabit the crust of the Earth, Dunn reveals the surprising complexities of the natural world and the interconnectedness of life itself. Along the way, he offers plenty of simple lessons in how we can, individually and collectively, through environmental policy, make the lifestyle changes necessary to ensure our own species' survival. At once hopeful and practical, A Natural History of the Future offers a vision of our future in which humans and the natural world coexist symbiotically"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080299
650		4	_aNaturaleza _xEfecto de los seres humanos sobre _9191540
650		0	_aHuman ecology. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062856
650		4	_aEcología humana _9173963
650		0	_aEnvironmental sociology _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009010555
650		4	_aSociología ambiental _9203311
650		0	_aEcological forecasting _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020008890
650		4	_aPrevisión ecológica _9203312
650		0	_aEnvironmental policy _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044197
650		4	_aPolítica ambiental _9190392
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