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  • The Aliens Among Us - Leslie Anthony

    The Aliens Among Us - Leslie Anthony
    Oct 31 2017
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    Title: The Aliens Among Us
    Author: Leslie Anthony
    Narrator: Chris Sorensen
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 15 hrs
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-31-17
    Publisher: Tantor Audio
    Genres: Science & Technology, Environment

    Summary:
    From an award-winning adventure and science journalist comes an eye-opening exploration of a burgeoning environmental phenomenon and the science coalescing around it. Leslie Anthony leads listeners on adventures physical and philosophical as he explores how and why invasive species are hijacking ecosystems around the globe. Weaving science, travel, history, and humor with diverse examples to chart and describe the phases of species invasion and human response, Anthony introduces field researchers and managers who seek to understand the biological, social, and economic aspects of this complex issue, and whose work collectively suggests the emergence of a global shadow economy centered on invasives. With tales of pythons in the Everglades, Asian carp and lamprey in the Great Lakes, Japanese knotweed seemingly everywhere, and the invasive organisms we don't see - pathogens and microbes such as the Zika virus - this book rivets attention on a new ecological reality.
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    15 min
  • The Water Will Come - Jeff Goodell

    The Water Will Come - Jeff Goodell
    Oct 25 2017
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    Title: The Water Will Come
    Author: Jeff Goodell
    Narrator: Ian Ferguson
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-25-17
    Publisher: Hachette Audio
    Genres: Science & Technology, Environment

    Summary:
    An eye-opening and essential tour of the vanishing world What if Atlantis wasn't a myth but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages. With each crack in the great ice sheets of the Arctic and Antarctica and each tick upward of Earth's thermometer, we are moving closer to the brink of broad disaster. By century's end, hundreds of millions of people will be retreating from the world's shores as our coasts become inundated and our landscapes transformed. From island nations to the world's major cities, coastal regions will disappear. Engineering projects to hold back the water are bold and may buy some time. Yet, despite international efforts and tireless research, there is no permanent solution - no barriers to erect or walls to build - that will protect us in the end from the drowning of the world as we know it. The Water Will Come is the definitive account of the coming water, why and how this will happen, and what it will all mean. As he travels across 12 countries and reports from the front lines, acclaimed journalist Jeff Goodell employs fact, science, and first-person, on-the-ground journalism to show vivid scenes from what already is becoming a water world.
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    9 h et 2 min
  • The Inner Life of Animals - Peter Wohlleben

    The Inner Life of Animals - Peter Wohlleben
    Oct 19 2017
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    Title: The Inner Life of Animals
    Author: Peter Wohlleben
    Narrator: Thomas Judd
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-19-17
    Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
    Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

    Summary:
    Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben, read by Thomas Judd. Mother deer that grieve? Horses that feel shame? Squirrels that adopt their grandchildren? We humans tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings intensely and consciously. But have you ever wondered what's going on in an animal's head? From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a beehive, The Inner Life of Animals takes us from microscopic levels of observation to the big philosophical, ethical and scientific questions. We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale, of a hedgehog who has nightmares and of a magpie who commits adultery; we meet bees that plan for the future, pigs who learn their own names and crows that go tobogganing for fun. And at last we find out why wasps exist. As more and more researchers are discovering, animals experience a rich emotional life that is ready to be explored. The Inner Life of Animals will show you these living things in a new light and will open up the animal kingdom like never before.
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    6 h et 1 min