Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change

A beloved natural historian and biologist explores how climate change is?driving?evolution.

“Hanson is an affable guide and storyteller., with a knack for analogy, a sense of humor and the natural curiosity of a scientist.” ?New York Times 

In?Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid,?biologist?Thor?Hanson?tells the remarkable?story of?how plants and animals are?responding to?climate?change:?adjusting,?evolving, and?sometimes?dying out.?Anole lizards?have grown?larger toe pads,?to?grip?more tightly in?frequent?hurricanes.?Warm waters?cause?the development of Humboldt?squid to?alter so dramatically that fishermen mistake them for different species.?Brown pelicans?move?north, and long-spined sea urchins south,?to find?cooler?homes.?And?when?coral reefs?sicken,?they leave?no territory worth fighting?for,?so?aggressive butterfly?fish?transform?instantly?into pacifists.  

A story of hope,?resilience, and risk,?Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid?is?natural history of the highest caliber. It is?also?a?reminder?of the unpredictability of?climate change?as it?interacts with?the messy lattice of life. 

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