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While much of the global warming conversation rightly focuses on reducing our carbon footprint the reality is that even if we were to immediately cease emissions we would still face climate change into the next millennium In Finding Higher Ground Amy Seidl takes the uniquely positivemdashyet realisticmdashposition that humans and animals can adapt and persist despite these changes Drawing on an emerging body of scientific research Seidl brings us stories of adaptation from the natural world and from human communities She offers examples of how plants insects birds and mammals are already adapting both behaviorally and genetically While some species will be unable to adapt to new conditions quickly enough to survive Seidl argues that those that do can show us how to increase our own capacity for resilience if we work to change our collective behavior In looking at climate change as an opportunity to establish new cultural norms Seidl inspires readers to move beyond loss and offers a refreshing call to evolveFrom the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Amy Seidl is an ecologist, writer, and teacher. She is the author of Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World. Amy teaches at the University of Vermont and lives near Burlington with her husband and their children in a solar-powered home.
