The sixth extinction : an unnatural history / Elizabeth Kolbert.
Draws on the work of geologists, botanists, marine biologists and other researchers to discuss the five devastating mass extinctions on Earth and predicts the coming of a sixth.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The sixth extinction -- The mastodon's molars -- The original penguin -- The luck of the ammonites -- Welcome to the Anthropocene -- The sea around us -- Dropping acid -- The forest and the trees -- Islands on dry land -- The new Pangaea -- The rhino gets an ultrasound -- The madness gene -- The thing with feathers. | |
| 520 | |a Draws on the work of geologists, botanists, marine biologists and other researchers to discuss the five devastating mass extinctions on Earth and predicts the coming of a sixth. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Environmental disasters. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006008090 | |
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