The environment

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year: "e;Intelligent and impassioned, Citizen Scientist is essential reading for anyone interested in the natural world.

The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations.

This is the first comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species
that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat
degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction.