A fascinating history of species extinctions, their causes and the looming "sixth extinction". Explores the history of this search, its subjects, its controversies, its current conclusions, and their implications for our efforts to preserve Earth's biodiversity. It explains what extinction is, what causes it and whether it is preventable, and by comparing past geological extinction events, it aims to predict what will happen in the future.
- ISBN10 1770851879
- ISBN13 9781770851870
- Publish Date 14 February 2013
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Imprint Firefly Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English