El ingenio de la naturaleza : Lecciones de evolución para un planeta cambiante

For nearly four billion years, life on Earth has found new ways to adapt, reproduce, and thrive, transforming itself to respond to the conditions of each era. But the human impact on the planet —and the potentially devastating threat of climate change— has tested that capacity for adaptation like never before. Even so, life always finds a way. Animals, plants, and insects continue to rise to the challenge and adapt, reproduce, and thrive even in a rapidly changing environment. In their example, we too may find the keys to change, to halt the destruction we are inflicting on the planet. In Nature's Ingenuity, David Farrier invites us on a profound journey through this ever-changing natural world. What we discover there could transform us. The ways in which animals adapt to the urban landscape can help us design sustainable cities. The study of other intelligences can inspire us to reinvent our economies. Bacterial evolution may offer solutions to the waste problem. Synthetic biology could rescue species on the brink of extinction. And thinking about nature's timescales can guide us toward a better future. Life on Earth is changing; the question is whether we will be able to change with it. Can we rebuild the world so that all life can thrive again?