Author: David A. Burney. Published byYale University Press, New Haven, USA , 2010, 1st Edition. SIGNED and dedicated by the Author. Printed in USA. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with light wear to cover and corners. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9.25 X 6 inch, 198 pages including index.
BACK TO THE FUTURE IN THE CAVES OF KAUA'I, A Scientist's Adventures in the Dark, by David A. Burney, is a fascinating adventure story of one man’s life in paleoecology, and reveals the excitement, and occasional frustrations, of a career spent exploring what the past can tell us about the future.
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.
