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Titel: Blight
Zustand: Neu
Produktart: Gebundene Ausgabe
Subtitle: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
ISBN-10: 132400701X
EAN: 9781324007012
ISBN: 9781324007012
Verlag: WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.07.2023
Description: Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless, some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease on Earth, and a fungus that can persist in the environment without its host is here for the long haul. In gripping, accessible prose, Emily Monosson documents how changing climate, trade and travel are making us all more vulnerable to invasion. Populations of bats, frogs and salamanders face extinction, and scientists don’t have a cure. The American Northwest’s beloved National Parks are covered with the spindly corpses of white bark pines. Food crops are under siege, threatening our coffee, bananas and wheat—and, more broadly, our global food security. In humans, Candida auris infects hospital patients and those with weakened immune systems. Monosson’s critical reporting demonstrates that prevention is difficult but not impossible. Exposing the connection between pathogens and human action, Blight serves as a wake-up call, a reminder of the delicate interconnectedness of the natural world.
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellungsland und -region: US
Höhe: 239mm
Länge: 160mm
Breite: 28mm
Gewicht: 452g
Autor: Emily Monosson
Title Format: Gebundene Ausgabe
Produktart: Other

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