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In Life in the Balance , Niles Eldredge argues that the Earth is confronting a disaster in the making--an ecological crisis that, if left unresolved, could ultimately lead to mass extinction on the scale of that which killed the dinosaurs sixty-five million years ago. Writing for general readers, he reviews compelling evidence for this "biodiversity crisis," showing that species are dying out at an unnaturally rapid rate. He demonstrates the importance of maintaining biodiversity, taking the reader on a journey that reveals the twin faces of biodiversity--over thirteen million living species and the ecosystems through which these species transform the sun's energy into life-sustaining matter. Throughout, Eldredge shows how our own fate is intricately linked with that of other species. Eldredge, one of the world's foremost paleontologists, begins by taking us to the heart of Botswana's Okavango Delta, considered by many to be among the last "Edens" left on Earth--a place where a rich assortment of organisms exist in natural equilibrium. However, it is also a place where the results of human activity--pollution, clear-cutting, water-diversion, encroaching agriculture, disease--now po

Who reads Life in the Balance : Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis?

Author

Niles Eldredge; illustrations by Patricia Wynne

Publisher

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691001258

Category

science

Subjects

Economics, Fiction, Medical

Rating

4 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14