Lee Hannah is Senior Researcher in Climate Change Biology at Conservation International and adjunct professor in the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
"The possibility of a calamitous loss of biological diversity
arising from synergism of human actions and climate change looms
larger at every evaluation. Lee Hannah and colleagues have done a
brilliant job of assembling and presenting the critical information
on this central issue. The resultant book provides a rich and
timely briefing for breadth and depth of this topic."
--H. H. "Hank" Shugart, W. W. Corcoran Professor, University of
Virginia
"Saving a Million Species presents an excellent assembly of current
knowledge needed to assess risks, an essential requisite for
planning effective action on climate change."
-- "Quarterly Review of Biology"
"Saving a Million Species provides a much-needed review of
extinction risk from climate change, penned by the best experts in
the field. The early extinction-risk numbers associated with
climate change were big and worrisome but didn't include marine or
freshwater environments. This book addresses those neglected
systems and argues that action is needed now to prevent further
losses. Extinction risk is the most critical area of research in
climate change biology."
--Russell A. Mettermeier, President, Conservation International
"well-organized and welcome synthesis"
-- "Biological Conservation"
"The book...provides elegant, vivid and in-depth reviews of the
issues."
-- "Oryx"
"The volume also provides a solid overview of both past and current
extinctions for insights into what we might apply to current
climate change."
-- "Conservation Biology"
"This book highlights a very important issue of global concern and
anybody who can read it should do so. Ultimately, it aims to
stimulate discussion and directed research..., although research
should not be a substitute for action.... The book presents
evidence from both the aquatic and terrestrial realms that it is no
longer a question of whether or not we are in the midst of a mass
extinction event, we are, the question now is, what can we do about
it?"
-- "British Journal of Entomology and Natural History"
"This book is a tour de force overall and an excellent summary of
the issues relating to extinction risk from climate change. ... The
book's greatest strength comes from its collection of ideas,
perspectives, and reviews on this complex topic, resulting in the
whole being much greater than the sum of its parts. Saving a
Million Species provides a single reading source for anyone who
wants to quickly get up to speed regarding the risks that changes
in climate pose for species extinction. ... Edited volumes this
useful are few and far between. I recommend Saving a Million
Species to anyone interested in the conservation of biological
diversity."
-- "BioScience"
"This book translates the messages conveyed by past, present, and
expected extinctions from climate change into loud and clear
science-based actions required to conserve biodiversity."
-- "Ecology"
"This is a very readable book on an intriguing subject: climate
change and species extinction processes."
-- "Choice"
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