Eat, poop, die : how animals make our world
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Published
New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
577 ROMAN 2023
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577 ROMAN 2023
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
577 ROMAN 2023
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577 ROMAN 2023
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Published
New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index.
Description
Reveals how ecosystems are sculpted and sustained by animals eating, pooping, and dying-and how these fundamental functions could help save us from climate catastrophe.
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"A 'fascinating' exploration (Elizabeth Kolbert) of how ecosystems are sculpted and sustained by animals eating, pooping, and dying—and how these fundamental functions could help save us from climate catastrophe. If forests are the lungs of the planet, then animals migrating across oceans, streams, and mountains—eating, pooping, and dying along the way—are its heart and arteries, pumping nitrogen and phosphorus from deep-sea gorges up to mountain peaks, from the Arctic to the Caribbean. Without this conveyor belt of crucial, life-sustaining nutrients, the world would look very different. The dynamics that shape our physical world—atmospheric chemistry, geothermal forces, plate tectonics, and erosion through wind and rain—have been explored for decades. But the effects on local ecosystems of less glamorous forces—rotting carcasses and deposited feces—as well as their impact on the global climate cycle, have been largely overlooked. The simple truth is that pooping and peeing are daily rituals for almost all animals, the ellipses of ecology that flow through life. We eat, we poop, and we die. From the volcanoes of Iceland to the tropical waters of Hawaii, the great plains of the American heartland, and beyond, Eat, Poop, Die, “compulsively readable” (Shelby Van Pelt), takes readers on an exhilarating and enlightening global adventure, revealing the remarkable ways in which the most basic biological activities of animals make and remake the world—and how a deeper understanding of these cycles provides us with opportunities to undo the environmental damage humanity has wrought on the planet we call home."--,Provided by Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Roman, J. (2023). Eat, poop, die: how animals make our world (First edition.). Little, Brown Spark.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roman, Joe. 2023. Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World. Little, Brown Spark.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roman, Joe. Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World Little, Brown Spark, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Roman, Joe. Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World First edition., Little, Brown Spark, 2023.
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