Above the Big Hollow is Hogan's. Then there's the tillage field, the old milking shed, and beyond the tillage field is Flanagan's. JackBrian's field is all covered in whitethorns andholly and blackthorns. It'salso called theFairy Field, ...
McCallum, Malcolm L. “Amphibian Decline or Extinction? Current Declines Dwarf Background Extinction Rates.” Journal of Herpetology 41 (2007): 483–91. McKibben, Bill. The End of Nature. New York: Random House, 1989.
And now, with the work of Pimm, Post, and Drake, we have a second source of patchiness that also does not include adaptation to local conditions: history. The final composition of a persistent ecosystem clearly depends on the order in ...
A remote military research station in Utah sends out a frantic distress call, ending with a chilling final command: Kill us all!
Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the ...
Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as a concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in French Revolutionary Paris through ...
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.
This is the big story of our age' - Sunday Times ________________ A major book about the future of the world, blending natural history, field reporting and the history of ideas and into a powerful account of the mass extinction happening ...
While detective Irina Drach and her partner Hudson investigate a cop's murder and his German shepherd's disappearance, they uncover a billionaire's plot to collect the specimens of every endangered animal in the world.
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.
A Brilliant explanation and celabration of "biodiversity",informed by the personal and first-hand experience of the world-famous scientist.
WARNING: This is not the actual book The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.
A remote military research station in Utah sends out a frantic distress call, ending with a chilling final command: Kill us all!
PLEASE NOTE: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book.
The NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author returns with a gripping, high-concept adventure thriller in the Sigma Force series - for fans of Dan Brown and Michael Crichton.
The Sixth Extinction