Biosphere: Ecosystems and Biodiversity Loss
✍ Scribed by Dana Desonie
- Publisher
- Chelsea House
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 221
- Series
- Our Fragile Planet
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
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Students learn about the threat to the Earths biosphere and to biodiversity due to human activities such as pollution, global warming and chemical use, and what methods are being used and developed to help lessen the impact on the environment and animals. Includes full-color photographs and illustrations, sidebars, glossary, research sources, author profile and index.
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