   The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth  by David
Attenborough  ISBN 0316057495 / 9780316057493 / 0-316-05749-5
Publisher Little Brown & Co (P) Language English Edition
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Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth'  Book summary
Attenborough looks here at continuing evolution and the
adaptation of plants and animals to specific and differing
environments. For example, he finds that the coral reef is the
marine equivalent of the tropical rain forest, that modern
cities, with their masonry and concrete, are the counterparts of
the ash fields and lava flows of volcanoes. PW lauded this book,
maintaining that it deserves as much attention as its
predecessor, Life on Earth. [via]