Lagartos huracanados y calamares plásticos
la dura y fascinante biología del cambio climático
Hanson, Thor
Nature usually proves fascinating despite climate change, but sometimes it does so, astonishingly, because of it. Some fan lizards (of the genus "Anolis"), for example, have expanded toe pads to better grip trees due to the increasing frequency of hurricanes. Humboldt squid populations are increasing because high water temperatures alter their development so much that fishermen confuse them with another species and return them to the sea. The wildflowers Thoreau encountered at Walden Pond now bloom several weeks earlier in the spring, and birds he never saw there have become permanent residents because they migrate from the south as temperatures rise. In "Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squids" Thor Hanson explores the extraordinary means by which plants and animals are responding to the climate crisis: moving, adapting, and even evolving. This book is a story of hope, resilience and risk; an unforgettable portrait of climate change and the tangled web that makes up life: the founding natural history of an unnatural time.
- Author
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Hanson, Thor
- Subject
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Sciences
> Biology and neurology
- EAN
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9788411483957
- ISBN
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978-84-1148-395-7
- Edition
- 1
- Publisher
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Alianza Editorial
- Pages
- 352
- High
- 23.0 cm
- Weight
- 15.0 cm
- Release date
- 21-09-2023
- Language
- Spanish
- Series
- Libros singulares