Life changing: how humans are altering life on earth
"SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION 'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke 'Richly entertaining throughout.' Sunday Times For the last three billion years or so, life on Earth was shaped by natural forces. Evolu...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Zusammenfassung: | "SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION 'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke 'Richly entertaining throughout.' Sunday Times For the last three billion years or so, life on Earth was shaped by natural forces. Evolution tended to happen slowly, with species crafted across millennia. Then, a few hundred thousand years ago, along came a bolshie, big-brained, bipedal primate we now call Homo sapiens, and with that, the Earth's natural history came to an abrupt end. We are now living through the post-natural phase, where humans have become the leading force shaping evolution. This thought-provoking book considers the many ways that we've altered the DNA of living things and changed the fate of life on earth. We have carved chihuahuas from wolves and fancy chickens from jungle fowl. We've added spider genes to goats and coral genes to tropical fish. It's possible to buy genetically-modified pets, eat genetically-modified fish and watch cloned ponies thunder up and down the polo field. Now, as our global dominance grows, our influence extends far beyond these species. As we warm our world and radically reshape the biosphere, we affect the evolution of all living things, near and far, from the emergence of novel hybrids such as the pizzly bear, to the entirely new strains of animals and plants that are evolving at breakneck speed to cope with their altered environment. In Life Changing , Helen introduces us to these post-natural creations and talks to the scientists who create, study and tend to them. At a time when the future of so many species is uncertain, we meet some of the conservationists seeking to steer evolution onto firmer footings with novel methods like the 'spermcopter', coral IVF and plans to release wild elephants into Denmark. Helen explores the changing relationship between humans and the natural world, and reveals how, with evidence-based thinking, humans can help life change for the better."-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 288 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln Illustrationen 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781472956729 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a22000001c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV049575995 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20240418 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 240220s2021 xxka||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9781472956729 |9 978-1-4729-5672-9 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1430764631 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV049575995 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 044 | |a xxk |c XA-GB | ||
| 049 | |a DE-210 | ||
| 082 | 0 | |a 304.27 | |
| 084 | |a HIST |q DE-210 |2 fid | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Pilcher, Helen |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)124610668X |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Life changing |b how humans are altering life on earth |c Helen Pilcher ; illustrated by Amy Agoston |
| 264 | 2 | |a London |b Bloomsbury Sigma |c 2021 | |
| 300 | |a 288 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln |b Illustrationen |c 20 cm | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 336 | |b sti |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a "SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION 'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke 'Richly entertaining throughout.' Sunday Times For the last three billion years or so, life on Earth was shaped by natural forces. Evolution tended to happen slowly, with species crafted across millennia. Then, a few hundred thousand years ago, along came a bolshie, big-brained, bipedal primate we now call Homo sapiens, and with that, the Earth's natural history came to an abrupt end. We are now living through the post-natural phase, where humans have become the leading force shaping evolution. This thought-provoking book considers the many ways that we've altered the DNA of living things and changed the fate of life on earth. We have carved chihuahuas from wolves and fancy chickens from jungle fowl. We've added spider genes to goats and coral genes to tropical fish. | |
| 520 | 3 | |a It's possible to buy genetically-modified pets, eat genetically-modified fish and watch cloned ponies thunder up and down the polo field. Now, as our global dominance grows, our influence extends far beyond these species. As we warm our world and radically reshape the biosphere, we affect the evolution of all living things, near and far, from the emergence of novel hybrids such as the pizzly bear, to the entirely new strains of animals and plants that are evolving at breakneck speed to cope with their altered environment. In Life Changing , Helen introduces us to these post-natural creations and talks to the scientists who create, study and tend to them. At a time when the future of so many species is uncertain, we meet some of the conservationists seeking to steer evolution onto firmer footings with novel methods like the 'spermcopter', coral IVF and plans to release wild elephants into Denmark. | |
| 520 | 3 | |a Helen explores the changing relationship between humans and the natural world, and reveals how, with evidence-based thinking, humans can help life change for the better."-- | |
| 648 | 7 | |a Geschichte |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Umweltveränderung |0 (DE-588)4304982-5 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Humanökologie |0 (DE-588)4026152-9 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Anthropozän |0 (DE-588)1028331568 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 653 | 0 | |a Human-animal relationships | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Human ecology | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Conservation of wildlife & habitats | |
| 653 | 6 | |a Electronic books | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Humanökologie |0 (DE-588)4026152-9 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Anthropozän |0 (DE-588)1028331568 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Umweltveränderung |0 (DE-588)4304982-5 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 3 | |a Geschichte |A z |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |u https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781472956729.pdf |v 2021-10-20 |x Aggregator |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1805071308956893184 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | |
| adam_txt | |
| any_adam_object | |
| any_adam_object_boolean | |
| author | Pilcher, Helen |
| author_GND | (DE-588)124610668X |
| author_facet | Pilcher, Helen |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Pilcher, Helen |
| author_variant | h p hp |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV049575995 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1430764631 (DE-599)BVBBV049575995 |
| dewey-full | 304.27 |
| dewey-hundreds | 300 - Social sciences |
| dewey-ones | 304 - Factors affecting social behavior |
| dewey-raw | 304.27 |
| dewey-search | 304.27 |
| dewey-sort | 3304.27 |
| dewey-tens | 300 - Social sciences |
| discipline | Soziologie |
| discipline_str_mv | Soziologie |
| era | Geschichte gnd |
| era_facet | Geschichte |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>00000nam a22000001c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV049575995</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20240418</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">240220s2021 xxka||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781472956729</subfield><subfield code="9">978-1-4729-5672-9</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1430764631</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV049575995</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xxk</subfield><subfield code="c">XA-GB</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-210</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">304.27</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">HIST</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-210</subfield><subfield code="2">fid</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Pilcher, Helen</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)124610668X</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Life changing</subfield><subfield code="b">how humans are altering life on earth</subfield><subfield code="c">Helen Pilcher ; illustrated by Amy Agoston</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="2"><subfield code="a">London</subfield><subfield code="b">Bloomsbury Sigma</subfield><subfield code="c">2021</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">288 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen</subfield><subfield code="c">20 cm</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">sti</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references and index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION 'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke 'Richly entertaining throughout.' Sunday Times For the last three billion years or so, life on Earth was shaped by natural forces. Evolution tended to happen slowly, with species crafted across millennia. Then, a few hundred thousand years ago, along came a bolshie, big-brained, bipedal primate we now call Homo sapiens, and with that, the Earth's natural history came to an abrupt end. We are now living through the post-natural phase, where humans have become the leading force shaping evolution. This thought-provoking book considers the many ways that we've altered the DNA of living things and changed the fate of life on earth. We have carved chihuahuas from wolves and fancy chickens from jungle fowl. We've added spider genes to goats and coral genes to tropical fish.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">It's possible to buy genetically-modified pets, eat genetically-modified fish and watch cloned ponies thunder up and down the polo field. Now, as our global dominance grows, our influence extends far beyond these species. As we warm our world and radically reshape the biosphere, we affect the evolution of all living things, near and far, from the emergence of novel hybrids such as the pizzly bear, to the entirely new strains of animals and plants that are evolving at breakneck speed to cope with their altered environment. In Life Changing , Helen introduces us to these post-natural creations and talks to the scientists who create, study and tend to them. At a time when the future of so many species is uncertain, we meet some of the conservationists seeking to steer evolution onto firmer footings with novel methods like the 'spermcopter', coral IVF and plans to release wild elephants into Denmark.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Helen explores the changing relationship between humans and the natural world, and reveals how, with evidence-based thinking, humans can help life change for the better."--</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geschichte</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Umweltveränderung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4304982-5</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Humanökologie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4026152-9</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Anthropozän</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)1028331568</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Human-animal relationships</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Human ecology</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Conservation of wildlife & habitats</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="6"><subfield code="a">Electronic books</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Humanökologie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4026152-9</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Anthropozän</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)1028331568</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Umweltveränderung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4304982-5</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="3"><subfield code="a">Geschichte</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="u">https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781472956729.pdf</subfield><subfield code="v">2021-10-20</subfield><subfield code="x">Aggregator</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV049575995 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| index_date | 2024-07-03T23:31:22Z |
| indexdate | 2024-07-20T04:35:46Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9781472956729 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-034921053 |
| oclc_num | 1430764631 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-210 |
| owner_facet | DE-210 |
| physical | 288 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln Illustrationen 20 cm |
| publishDateSearch | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Pilcher, Helen Verfasser (DE-588)124610668X aut Life changing how humans are altering life on earth Helen Pilcher ; illustrated by Amy Agoston London Bloomsbury Sigma 2021 288 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln Illustrationen 20 cm txt rdacontent sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION 'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke 'Richly entertaining throughout.' Sunday Times For the last three billion years or so, life on Earth was shaped by natural forces. Evolution tended to happen slowly, with species crafted across millennia. Then, a few hundred thousand years ago, along came a bolshie, big-brained, bipedal primate we now call Homo sapiens, and with that, the Earth's natural history came to an abrupt end. We are now living through the post-natural phase, where humans have become the leading force shaping evolution. This thought-provoking book considers the many ways that we've altered the DNA of living things and changed the fate of life on earth. We have carved chihuahuas from wolves and fancy chickens from jungle fowl. We've added spider genes to goats and coral genes to tropical fish. It's possible to buy genetically-modified pets, eat genetically-modified fish and watch cloned ponies thunder up and down the polo field. Now, as our global dominance grows, our influence extends far beyond these species. As we warm our world and radically reshape the biosphere, we affect the evolution of all living things, near and far, from the emergence of novel hybrids such as the pizzly bear, to the entirely new strains of animals and plants that are evolving at breakneck speed to cope with their altered environment. In Life Changing , Helen introduces us to these post-natural creations and talks to the scientists who create, study and tend to them. At a time when the future of so many species is uncertain, we meet some of the conservationists seeking to steer evolution onto firmer footings with novel methods like the 'spermcopter', coral IVF and plans to release wild elephants into Denmark. Helen explores the changing relationship between humans and the natural world, and reveals how, with evidence-based thinking, humans can help life change for the better."-- Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Umweltveränderung (DE-588)4304982-5 gnd rswk-swf Humanökologie (DE-588)4026152-9 gnd rswk-swf Anthropozän (DE-588)1028331568 gnd rswk-swf Human-animal relationships Human ecology Conservation of wildlife & habitats Electronic books Humanökologie (DE-588)4026152-9 s Anthropozän (DE-588)1028331568 s Umweltveränderung (DE-588)4304982-5 s Geschichte z DE-604 https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781472956729.pdf 2021-10-20 Aggregator Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Pilcher, Helen Life changing how humans are altering life on earth Umweltveränderung (DE-588)4304982-5 gnd Humanökologie (DE-588)4026152-9 gnd Anthropozän (DE-588)1028331568 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4304982-5 (DE-588)4026152-9 (DE-588)1028331568 |
| title | Life changing how humans are altering life on earth |
| title_auth | Life changing how humans are altering life on earth |
| title_exact_search | Life changing how humans are altering life on earth |
| title_exact_search_txtP | Life changing how humans are altering life on earth |
| title_full | Life changing how humans are altering life on earth Helen Pilcher ; illustrated by Amy Agoston |
| title_fullStr | Life changing how humans are altering life on earth Helen Pilcher ; illustrated by Amy Agoston |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life changing how humans are altering life on earth Helen Pilcher ; illustrated by Amy Agoston |
| title_short | Life changing |
| title_sort | life changing how humans are altering life on earth |
| title_sub | how humans are altering life on earth |
| topic | Umweltveränderung (DE-588)4304982-5 gnd Humanökologie (DE-588)4026152-9 gnd Anthropozän (DE-588)1028331568 gnd |
| topic_facet | Umweltveränderung Humanökologie Anthropozän |
| url | https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781472956729.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT pilcherhelen lifechanginghowhumansarealteringlifeonearth |