A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world's great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future, by an acclaimed science journalist.

"Massive droughts, stronger hurricanes, larger and more numerous forest fires, loss of habitat for many animal species and the extinction of others, and rapidly melting polar ice are increasingly contributing to the change in climate and the forced migrations of displaced peoples. It is important to stress that such events are worsening far faster than expected"--

The story of the remarkable visionaries who have quietly dedicated their lives and their fortunes to saving the planet from ecological destruction. While many people remain paralyzed by the scope of Earth's environmental woes, eco barons--a new and largely unheralded generation of Rockefellers and Carnegies--are having spectacular success saving forests and wildlands, pulling endangered species back from the brink, and pioneering the clean and green...