Get a Grip on Ecology

By David Burnie

Book Overview

OK, ecology- rainforests, pollution, recycled paper, hippies hugging trees, ozone layer, all that stuff. Except that ecology is a far more complex and fascinating subject than a bland list of buzzwords suggest. Investigating all the complicated interactions between living things and their environment, ecologists are equally interested in the physical characteristics of the tiniest individual species, and the global impact of large-scale environmental changes. And by the end of Get a Grip on Ecology, you will be as well.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760737444
• ISBN13: 9780760737446
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: The Ivy Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Engaging, light-hearted yet effective way to deal with global warming

On beautiful brown acid free paper, this book will attract your attention in the very way that it is made....Get a Grip...investigates all the complicated interactions between living things and their environment,and shows that ecologists are equally interested in the physical characteristics of the tiniest individual species, and the global impact of large-scale environmental changes. And by the end of Get a Grip on Ecology, you will be as well." Written in a lively, accessible and upbeat way, this book deals with its serious subject matter in a way that should make everyone relate. An introduction covers concepts like the carbon cycle and the biosphere and the following chapters concentrate on themes as diverse as ecosystems, human population, technology, resources, energy, ecotourism, conservation and extinction. Contentious global issues are always dealt with objectively with abundant humorous illustrations