Life in the Himalaya: An Ecosystem at Risk
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (701 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674971744 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pandit is Dean of the Faculty of Science and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Delhi, and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University.Peter H. Maharaj K. Louis, and President Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden.Kamal Bawa is Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. . Raven is George Engelmann Professor Emeritus of Botany, Washington University in St
The third phase saw a human population explosion, accompanied by road and dam building and other large-scale infrastructure that degraded ecosystems and caused species extinctions. When the Ice Age ended, humans became part of this mix, and today nearly one quarter of the world’s population inhabits its river basins, from Afghanistan to Myanmar. The rise of the Himalaya led to intensification of the monsoon, the birth of massive glaciers and turbulent rivers, and an efflorescence of ecosystems along the most extreme elevational gradient on Earth. If humans are to have a sustainable future there, Pandit argues, they will need to better understand the region’s geological vulnerability, ecological fragility, and sociocultural sensitivity. The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates around fifty million years ago profoundly altered earth’s geography and regional climates. Life in the Himalaya outlines the mountain’s past in order to map a way forward.. Life in the Himalaya examines the region’s geophysical and biological systems and explores the past and future of human sustainability in the mountain’s shado
Pandit, who grew up in the west Himalayas and conducted his Ph.D. Pandit integrates biology and Earth sciences to explain how the unique Himalayan flora came to be and what we must do to conserve this biological treasure for future generations. (Trevor Price, University of Chicago)In an engrossing narrative, Maharaj K. research in the east Himalayas, brings an informed perspective on Himalayan history. This book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of this threatened region. In this book, Maharaj K. Emphasizing people