Sixth extinction :
Author
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Books
Physical Description
319 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Edition
First Picador edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York, N.Y. : Picador Usa, 2015.
Summary
Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around the cataclysm is us. In this book the author tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. She provides a moving account of the disappearances of various species occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up to Lyell and Darwin, and through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Call Number
576.84/KOLB/PB
Publication Date
2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781250062185
by
Kolbert, Elizabeth
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eAudiobook
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LIBBY AUDIOBOOK, MP3
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Libby
by
Kolbert, Elizabeth
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eBook
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HTML, ADOBE EPUB, KINDLE
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Libby
The fragile earth :
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xvi, 541 pages ; 24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Summary
"A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change-including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more"--
Call Number
363.738/FRAG
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9780063029217 9780063017542 9780063017559
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