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Author Goulson, Dave, author.

Title Silent Earth : averting the insect apocalypse / Dave Goulson.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
©2021

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 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  595.7 GOU    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  595.71 GOU    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  595.7 GOULSON    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  595.717 GOULSON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  595.717 GOULSON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  595.717 GOU    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  595.717 GOU    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  595.717 GOULSON    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  595.717 GOU    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  595.717 GOULSON    Check Shelf

Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Jonathan Cape"--Title page verso.
Contents Introduction: a life with insects -- Why insects matter. A brief history of insects ; The importance of insects ; The wonder of insects -- Insect declines. Evidence for insect declines ; Shifting baselines -- Causes of insect declines. Losing their home ; The poisoned land ; Weed control ; The green desert ; Pandora's box ; The coming storm ; Bauble Earth ; Invasions ; The known and unknown unknowns ; Death by a thousand cuts -- Where are we headed?. A view from the future -- What can we do?. Raising awareness ; Greening our cities ; The future of farming ; Nature everywhere ; Actions for everyone.
Summary An award-winning entomologist and conservationist, drawing on thirty years of research, examines the evidence of an alarming drop in insect numbers around the world, which could cause an ecological disaster.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index.
Subject Insects -- Ecology.
Insects -- Conservation.
Insect populations.
Other Editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Goulson, Dave. Silent Earth. London : Jonathan Cape, 2021 9781787333345
ISBN 9780063088207 (hardcover)
0063088207 (hardcover)
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