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Lost Wonders, with Tom Lathan

2025/6/19
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Tom Lathan: 我写这本书是为了让人们意识到物种灭绝正在我们身边发生,而不是遥远的过去。我选择记录21世纪灭绝的物种,因为我想让人们意识到灭绝并非遥不可及。我记得在我23岁生日那天,圣诞岛小蝙蝠灭绝了,这让我意识到灭绝与我们的生活息息相关。我希望通过讲述这些物种的故事,唤起人们对物种灭绝的关注,并激发人们采取行动保护生物多样性。我发现,尽管这些物种已经灭绝,但那些试图拯救它们的人们所做出的努力和获得的知识,为我们保护其他物种提供了宝贵的经验和希望。 Robert Lamb: 通过你的书,你将物种灭绝这个抽象的概念变得具体而真实。你让人们意识到,灭绝不仅仅是发生在遥远过去的事情,而是正在我们身边发生的事情。你通过讲述这些物种的故事,让人们了解了物种灭绝的原因和影响,并激发人们采取行动保护生物多样性。

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The episode explores the ongoing Holocene extinction event, focusing on species extinct in the 21st century. It highlights the difficulty in comprehending the scale of extinctions happening within our lifetimes and emphasizes humanity's role in these events.
  • The book "Lost Wonders" chronicles 11 recently extinct species.
  • Extinction is happening rapidly, within our lifetimes.
  • Humans are the primary cause of these extinctions.

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In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Tom Lathan, author of “Lost Wonders: 10 Tales of Extinction from the 21st Century.”

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