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How do species interact with each other and them environment? What is biodiversity and can we afford to damage it? As our influence on the planet grows, answering this question is becoming more pressing. Written in plain English, this book delivers short, pithy explanations of more than 90 keys ideas. Step-by-step diagrams untangle tricky theories, illuminating quotes make the ideas and inventies memorable, and witty illustrations enhance and play with our knowledgeing of the science. You explore key theories, movements, and events in biology, geology, geography, and environmentalism, from the ideas of classical minders and Enlightenment trys to impose order on nature, to inventies like DNA and theories like the Gaia Hypothesis. Boxes highlighting "green" issues - the impact of pesticides, the plight of vulnerable species, and the search for renewable energy - display throughout, ace dofiles of influential figures - Charles Darwin, Carl Linnaeus, Rachel Carson, and James Lovelock - who place the ideas in their historical context. What you're new to ecology, a science student, or simply concerned about what to our planet, this is a comprehensive introduction to the environment and climate change - arguably the most important subjects of our time. About the Author Dr Tony Juniper is an independent environmentalist and writer. He is a fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the President of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts.