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Title: Endless tivia about species in trouble
Review: I was excited to tackle this book, but my excitement faded quickly. The prose are not streamlined and there is no substantive thread to tie the quote-fronted chapters together. Of particular annoyance was the author's obsession with going through a qualitative and repetitive laundry-list of species that are rare and in trouble. Perhaps if this list were presented in conjunction with some historical perspective this could have worked, but as is, it really doesn't.I would recommend taking a look at Ruddiman's recent book on climate and humans if you want a real perspective on the role that the "weather makers" have had on the physical climate system, but I have no suggestion for a good and historically-grounded book on the biological effects of human-induced climate change.
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