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Eat, poop, die : how animals make our world / Joe Roman.
"From the volcanoes of Iceland to the tropical waters of Hawaii, the great plains of the American heartland, and beyond, Eat, Poop, Die 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 publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316372923 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: vii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2023.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Beginnings -- Deep doo-doo -- Eat, spawn, die -- Heartland -- Chicken planet -- Everybody poops-and dies -- Beach read -- The singing tree -- Cloudy with a chance of midges -- The otter and the h-bomb. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Animal behavior. Animal-plant relationships. Animals. Animals > Effect of global warming on. Climatic changes. Global warming > Climate. Nature. Nature > Effect of human beings on. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 591.5 Rom | 31681010348167 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Reveals how ecosystems are sculpted and sustained by animals eating, pooping, and dyingâand how these fundamental functions could help save us from climate catastrophe. Illustrations. - Grand Central Pub
NAMED A TOP-TEN BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
A âfascinatingâ exploration (Elizabeth Kolbert) of how ecosystems are sculpted and sustained by animals eating, pooping, and dyingâand 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 mountainsâeating, pooping, and dying along the wayâare 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.Â
The dynamics that shape our physical worldâatmospheric chemistry, geothermal forces, plate tectonics, and erosion through wind and rainâhave been explored for decades. But the effects on local ecosystems of less glamorous forcesârotting carcasses and deposited fecesâas 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.
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From the volcanoes of Iceland to the tropical waters of Hawaii, the great plains of the American heartland, and beyond, Eat, Poop, Die, âcompulsively readableâ (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 worldâand 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.
