100 FLYING BIRDS: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight
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ADVANCED READING FOR THE EPILOGUE
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EXTINCTION OF MEGAFAUNA IN NORTH AMERICA
An interesting discussion of the relative roles of climate change and human destruction in the loss of North American megafauna is here:
Broughton, J.M., Weitzel, E.M. Population reconstructions for humans and megafauna suggest mixed causes for North American Pleistocene extinctions. Nat Commun 9, 5441 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07897-1
Accessed October 6, 2020
MARCO LAMBERTINI ON CULTURAL CHANGE
The statements of the Director General of the World Wildlife Foundation concerning the need for a change in attitudes toward the relationship of humans and the natural world is in the preface to the Living Planet Report (#11 above).
SHIFT OF OPINION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The Pew Research Center has charted the shifts in attitudes towards climate change. The results from their 2020 survey are described here:
“How Americans see climate change and the environment in 7 charts”. Cary Funk, Brian Kennedy. Pew Research Center. April 20, 1 2020
Accessed October 6, 2020
FALSE NARRATIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
An account of the false and misleading statements made by fossil fuel companies regarding climate change is here:
Amy Westervelte. “How the fossil fuel industry got the media to think climate change was debatable” Washington Post. January 10, 2019.
Accessed October 6, 2020