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mwmakar's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Lots of great examples, studies, with sharp-minded wit and logic to synthesize. Most memorable are the contextualizations around us: how needy we are for environment and climate, how relentless life is at hanging on, how unique but not special humans are.
subdue_provide75's review against another edition
The "biological" laws were more about ecology, and not that enlightening, at least to me? How and where animals will migrate as a result of climate change is interesting, but I was hoping for something bigger?
cayleighgb's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Really great reflection, author is very engaging while remaining informative.
refvemma's review against another edition
4.0
This book was extremely interesting!!! I saw Dunn speak at a local event, since he’s a professor at NC State. The way he talks about ecology is so interesting to me, I think because I learned ecology from relatively dry textbooks and from teaching APES. This book described principles we know from the past and applied them to the future in a way that feels unique and refreshing. The idea that we need to sort of get biology on our side when thinking about the future is a cool way to approach modern ecology. If I were still teaching APES I think I’d use this book!!
edorend's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
vladco's review against another edition
4.0
Learned a lot from this. Pairs well with: I Contain Multitudes, The Uninhabitable Earth, Braiding Sweetgrass, Appleseed, the Sixth Extinction, etc. Basically, isn’t redundant with lots of other climate nonfiction or fiction, which I appreciated, as the marginal utility of additional reading in this genre does go down over time.