The Resource The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert
The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert
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- 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. -- Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- [III], 319 pages
- Contents
-
- Islands on dry land
- The new Pangaea
- The rhino gets an ultrasound
- The madness gene
- The thing with feathers
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781408851234
- Label
- The sixth extinction : an unnatural history
- Title
- The sixth extinction
- Title remainder
- an unnatural history
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth Kolbert
- Subject
-
- Anthropozän
- Catastrophes naturelles
- Catastrophes naturelles
- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters
- Espèces (biologie) -- Extinction
- Espèces (biologie) -- Extinction
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology.)
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Anthropozän
- Mass extinctions
- Mass extinctions
- Massenaussterben
- Massenaussterben
- Miljökatastrofer
- Miljökatastrofer
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- SCIENCE / Environmental Science
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
- Science -- Environmental Science
- Science -- Life Sciences | Evolution
- Utdöende (biologi)
- Utdöende (biologi.)
- Mass extinctions
- Language
- eng
- 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. -- Publisher description
- Awards note
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2015 finalist
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kolbert, Elizabeth
- Dewey number
- 576.8/4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QE721.2.E97
- LC item number
- K65 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mass extinctions
- Extinction (Biology)
- Environmental disasters
- SCIENCE / Environmental Science
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
- Environmental disasters
- Extinction (Biology)
- Human ecology
- Mass extinctions
- Nature
- Massenaussterben
- Anthropozän
- Espèces (biologie)
- Catastrophes naturelles
- Utdöende (biologi)
- Miljökatastrofer
- Mass extinctions
- Espèces (biologie)
- Miljökatastrofer
- Science
- Science
- Catastrophes naturelles
- Utdöende (biologi.)
- Environmental disasters
- Human ecology
- Extinction (Biology.)
- Nature
- Anthropozän
- Massenaussterben
- Mass extinctions
- Extinction (Biology)
- Environmental disasters
- Label
- The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Islands on dry land
- The new Pangaea
- The rhino gets an ultrasound
- The madness gene
- The thing with feathers
- 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
- Control code
- ocn853618709
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- [III], 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408851234
- Lccn
- 2013028683
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 40024491794
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780805092998
- (OCoLC)853618709
- Label
- The sixth extinction : an unnatural history, Elizabeth Kolbert
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Islands on dry land
- The new Pangaea
- The rhino gets an ultrasound
- The madness gene
- The thing with feathers
- 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
- Control code
- ocn853618709
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- [III], 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408851234
- Lccn
- 2013028683
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 40024491794
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780805092998
- (OCoLC)853618709
Subject
- Anthropozän
- Catastrophes naturelles
- Catastrophes naturelles
- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters
- Espèces (biologie) -- Extinction
- Espèces (biologie) -- Extinction
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology.)
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Anthropozän
- Mass extinctions
- Mass extinctions
- Massenaussterben
- Massenaussterben
- Miljökatastrofer
- Miljökatastrofer
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- SCIENCE / Environmental Science
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
- Science -- Environmental Science
- Science -- Life Sciences | Evolution
- Utdöende (biologi)
- Utdöende (biologi.)
- Mass extinctions
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