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25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / [electronic resource]
서명 / 저자 25 myths that are destroying the environment : [electronic resource] what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / Daniel B. Botkin.
저자명 Botkin, Daniel B
발행사항 Lanham, Maryland : Taylor Trade Publishing, 2016.
Online Access http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1344177URL

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다른형태 서명 Twenty-five myths that are destroying the environment
형태사항 1 online resource
언어 English
서지주기 Includes bibliographical references.
내용 Foreword; Introduction: Science, Religion, and Folkways; Myth 1 We Are the Only Species That Has Ever Had Global Effects on the Environment; Myth 2 Life Is Fragile, Requires Specific Conditions, and Can't Adjust Easily to Change; Myth 3 Extinction Is Unnatural and Bad, but Easy to Accomplish; Myth 4 The Balance of Nature Exists and Dominates All Life and All Environments; Myth 5 The Balance of Nature Is the Best and Only Condition for All Life; Myth 6 Beauty in Nature Only Happens in Areas Completely Undisturbed by Us. Myth 7 An Ecosystem Is Any Kind of Group, and a Biological Ecosystem Is a Fixed Group of SpeciesMyth 8 People Are Outside of Nature; Myth 9 The Only Reason to Conserve Nature: Every Species Has a Moral Right to Exist; Myth 10 People Have Changed the Environment Only Since the Industrial/Scientific Age; Myth 11 Without Human Interference, Earth's Climate Is Stable; Myth 12 People Are the Most Important Factor Determining Earth's Climate; Myth 13 Climate Change Will Lead to Huge Numbers of Extinctions; Myth 14 Recent Weather Is Proof of Long-Term Climate Change; Myth 15 Consensus Is Science. Myth 16 Computer Models Are TrueMyth 17 All Populations Are Always Bound to Grow So Rapidly That They Exceed the Ability of Their Environment to Support Them and Then Go Extinct. This Will Be the Inevitable Fate of the Human Population; Myth 18 Predators Are Absolutely Necessary to Control the Populations of Their Prey; Myth 19 Maximum Sustainable Yields Are Possible for Fish and All Wildlife; Myth 20 We Can't Do Much about Environmental Risks-From Smaller Ones like a Local River Flooding to Large Ones like Hurricanes; Myth 21 Smokey Bear Is Right: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires. Myth 22 Forests Are an Important Place for Long-Term Carbon StorageMyth 23 Solar and Wind Energy Require Huge Areas; Myth 24 Large-Scale Solar Energy Projects Work Only in Very Hot Climates; Myth 25 Compared to Climate Change, All Other Environmental Issues Are Minor; Final Overview; Endnotes.
주제 Nature --Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology.
Environmental protection.
Global environmental change.
Environmental policy.
Nature conservation.
NATURE --Environmental Conservation & Protection. --bisacsh
NATURE --Ecology. --bisacsh
NATURE --Essays. --bisacsh
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS --Infrastructure. --bisacsh
SOCIAL SCIENCE --General. --bisacsh
Environmental policy. --fast --(OCoLC)fst00913250
Environmental protection. --fast --(OCoLC)fst00913324
Global environmental change. --fast --(OCoLC)fst00943478
Human ecology. --fast --(OCoLC)fst00962941
Nature conservation. --fast --(OCoLC)fst01034632
Nature --Effect of human beings on. --fast --(OCoLC)fst01034564
LCCN 2016029462
ISBN 9781442244931q(electronic bk.) 1442244933
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