A natural history of the future : what the laws of biology tell us about the destiny of the human species /

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 s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dunn, Rob R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2021].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Nature > Effect of human beings on. Human ecology. Environmental sociology. Ecological forecasting. Environmental policy. NATURE / Ecology.

Table of Contents:

Blindsided by life
Urban Galapagos
The inadvertent ark
The last escape
The human niche
The intelligence of crows
Embracing diversity to balance risk
The law of inseparability
Humpty Dumpty and the robotic sex bees
Living with evolution
Not the end of nature
Conclusion: No longer among the living.