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The danger of modified nature

Ranveig Eckhoff
Review written by Ranveig Eckhoff
How man creates the nature of the future
Forfatter: Elizabeth Kolbert. Oversatt fra engelsk av Ulrike Bischoff
Forlag: Suhrkamp Verlag, (Tyskland)
ECOLOGY / With technological measures in all directions, researchers are faced with sky-high challenges. One of them is human ignorance linked to indifference.




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