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The Balance of Nature and Human Impact (Hardcover, New)
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It is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of
human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries
and urbanisation. What effects do these activities have? Are they
disturbing equilibria in ecological populations and communities,
thus upsetting the balance of nature, or are they enhancing
naturally occurring disequilibria, perhaps with even worse
consequences? It is often argued that large-scale fluctuations in
climate and sea-levels have occurred over and over again in the
geological past, long before human activities could possibly have
had any impact, and that human effects are very small compared to
those that occur naturally. Should we conclude that human activity
cannot significantly affect the environment, or are these naturally
occurring fluctuations actually being dangerously enhanced by
humans? This book examines these questions, first by providing
evidence for equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions in
relatively undisturbed ecosystems, and second by examining
human-induced effects.
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