Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: How the Natural World is Adapting to Climate Change by Thor Hanson ISBN:9781785789786

Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hanson

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A fascinating insight into climate change biology around the globe, as well as in our own backyards.
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid is the first major book by a biologist to focus on the fascinating story of how the natural world is adjusting, adapting, and sometimes measurably evolving in response to climate change. Lyrical and thought-provoking, this book broadens the climate focus from humans to the wider lattice of life.

Bestselling nature writer Thor Hanson – author of Buzz (a Radio 4 ‘Book of the Week’) -shows us how Caribbean lizards have grown larger toe pads to grip trees more tightly during frequent hurricanes; and how the ‘plasticity’ of squid has allowed them to change their body size and breeding habits to cope with altered sea temperatures.

Plants and animals have a great deal to teach us about the nature of what comes next, because for many of them, and also for many of us, that world is already here.

A fascinating insight into climate change biology around the globe, as well as in our own backyards


About the Author: Thor Hanson is a biologist whose previous books include The Impenetrable Forest, Feathers (longlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize), The Triumph of Seeds, and Buzz. He lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest, USA.

 

Additional information

Format

Paperback / softback

Genre

Biodiversity

Readership Level

Tertiary Education (US: College)

ISBN

9781785789786

Date of Publication

20 Nov 0203

Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: How the Natural World is Adapting to Climate Change by Thor Hanson ISBN 9781785789786

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