Next Great Migration, The: The Story of Movement on a Changing Plane - Sonia Shah

'A dazzlingly original picture of our relentlessly mobile speciesâ NAOMI KLEIN âFascinating . . . Likely to prove prophetic in the coming months and yearsâ OBSERVER âA dazzling tour through 300 years of scientific historyâ PROSPECT 'A hugely entertaining, life-affirming and hopeful hymn to the glorious adaptability of life on earth' SCOTSMAN __________________ We are surrounded by stories of people on the move. Wild species, too, are escaping warming seas and desiccated lands in a mass exodus. Politicians and the media present this upheaval of migration patterns as unprecedented, blaming it for the spread of disease and conflict, and spreading anxiety across the world as a result. But the science and history of migration in animals, plants, and humans tell a different story. Far from being a disruptive behaviour, migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to environmental change, a biological imperative as necessary as breathing. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. Falling sea levels allowed our passage across the Bering Sea. Unhampered by borders, migration allowed our ancestors to people the planet, into the highest reaches of the Himalayan Mountains and the most remote islands of the Pacific, disseminating the biological, cultural and social diversity that ecosystems and societies depend upon. In other words, migration is not the crisis â" it is the solution. __________________ Tracking the history of misinformation from the 18th century through to todayâs anti-immigration policies, The Next Great Migration makes the case for a future in which migration is not a source of fear, but of hope.

TITLE: Next Great Migration, The: The Story of Movement on a Changing Planet

AUTHOR: Sonia Shah

SKU: 9781526629227

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

DATE PUBLISHED: 20210610

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 400

DIMENSIONS: 198x129

WEIGHT: 328