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Tales of an Ecotourist: What Travel to Wild Places Can Teach Us about Climate Change

AUTHOR Gunter, Mike
PUBLISHER Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo (12/01/2017)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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Combining humor and memorable anecdotes, five famous ecotourist destinations offer a breathtaking backdrop to better understanding climate change.

Crossing the far corners of the globe, Tales of an Ecotourist showcases travel, from the hot and humid Amazon jungle to the frozen but dry Antarctic, as a simple yet spellbinding lens to better understand the complex issue of climate change. At its core, climate change is an issue few truly understand, in large part due to its dizzying array of scientific, economic, cultural, social, and political variables.

Using both keen humor and memorable anecdotes, while weaving respected scientific studies along the way, Mike Gunter Jr. transports the reader to five famous ecodestinations, from the Galapagos Islands to the Great Barrier Reef, revealing firsthand the increasing threats of climate change. Part travelogue, part current events exposé, with a healthy dose of history, ecology, and politics, these tales of ecoadventure tackle such obstacles head on while fleshing out much-needed personal context to perhaps society's greatest threat of all.

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ISBN-13: 9781438466798
ISBN-10: 143846679X
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 460
Carton Quantity: 0
Product Dimensions: 6.20 x 1.30 x 9.10 inches
Weight: 1.90 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Travel | Special Interest - Ecotourism
Travel | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Travel | Human Geography
Dewey Decimal: 304.25
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016051106
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Combining humor and memorable anecdotes, five famous ecotourist destinations offer a breathtaking backdrop to better understanding climate change.

Crossing the far corners of the globe, Tales of an Ecotourist showcases travel, from the hot and humid Amazon jungle to the frozen but dry Antarctic, as a simple yet spellbinding lens to better understand the complex issue of climate change. At its core, climate change is an issue few truly understand, in large part due to its dizzying array of scientific, economic, cultural, social, and political variables.

Using both keen humor and memorable anecdotes, while weaving respected scientific studies along the way, Mike Gunter Jr. transports the reader to five famous ecodestinations, from the Galapagos Islands to the Great Barrier Reef, revealing firsthand the increasing threats of climate change. Part travelogue, part current events exposé, with a healthy dose of history, ecology, and politics, these tales of ecoadventure tackle such obstacles head on while fleshing out much-needed personal context to perhaps society's greatest threat of all.

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