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Back to the Future in the Caves of Kaua'i A Scientist's Adventures in the Dark

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By: David A Burney
198 pages, col & b/w illus
Back to the Future in the Caves of Kaua'i
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  • Back to the Future in the Caves of Kaua'i ISBN: 9780300172096 Paperback Apr 2011 Out of Print #191291
  • Back to the Future in the Caves of Kaua'i ISBN: 9780300150940 Hardback Jun 2010 Out of Print #183631
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For two decades, paleoecologist David Burney and his wife, Lida Pigott Burney, have led an excavation of Makauwahi Cave on the island of Kaua'i, uncovering the fascinating variety of plants and animals that have inhabited Hawaii throughout its history. From the unique perspective of paleoecology - the study of ancient environments - Burney has focused his investigations on the dramatic ecological changes that began after the arrival of humans one thousand years ago, detailing not only the environmental degradation they introduced but also asking how and why this destruction occurred and, most significantly, what might happen in the future.

Using Kaua'i as an ecological prototype and drawing on the author's adventures in Madagascar, Mauritius, and other exciting locales, Burney examines highly pertinent theories about current threats to endangered species, restoration of ecosystems, and how people can work together to repair environmental damage elsewhere on the planet. Intriguing illustrations, including a reconstruction of the ancient ecological landscape of Kaua'i by the artist Julian Hume, offer an engaging window into the ecological marvels of another time. A fascinating adventure story of one man's life in paleoecology, "Back to the Future in the Caves of Kaua'i" reveals the excitement - and occasional frustrations - of a career spent exploring what the past can tell us about the future.

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David A. Burney is the director of conservation at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Kalaheo, Hawaii. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006 to write this book on his work at Makauwahi Cave on Kaua'i.

Out of Print
By: David A Burney
198 pages, col & b/w illus
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'David Burney is the great time traveller of our age. Nobody else can lead us into such a rich prehistoric past and bring us back to the present with so many urgent tasks to do. This book is a masterpiece.' (Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth and The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples) 'A fascinating and deeply personal account that takes us from catastrophe in Hawai'i, the extinction capital of the United States, to hope and restoration. David Burney's extensive information about the past indicates future pathways for habitat restoration. Paleoecology really comes to life here.' (Sir Ghillean Prance, FRS)

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