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Paperback. Condition: Good. Population sizes of vertebrate species -- mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish -- have declined by 52 percent over the last 40 years. in other words, those populations around the globe have dropped by more than half in fewer than two human generations. -- World Wildlife Fund Living Planet report 2014> This book straddles an awkward boundary between being a colorful popular work and a scientific literature review. Profusely and beautifully illustrated with figures, maps, charts, and period reconstructions. Recommended. -- Choice> A good introduction to the great puzzle that is extinction study. -- Publishers Weekly Selected by the Scientific American Book Club and now a more affordable paperback for a far-wider audience. For more than a century scientists have tried to identify and understand the precise processes responsible for species extinction. Solving the species extinction puzzle has become even more important, even urgent, as human populations and technologies rival sea-level change, volcanic eruptions and asteroid impacts as an extinction mechanism. The Great Extinctions explores the search for an understanding of Earth's five great extinction events and whether the sixth is upon us already. Leading paleontologist Norman MacLeod examines the controversies and conclusions and what they mean to the efforts to preserve Earth's biodiversity. He also reveals how, contrary to popular conception, species extinction is as natural a process as species evolution. Examining extinction over geological time, he compares ancient extinction events and uses them to predict future extinctions. Featuring the latest scientific evidence on the subject and informative illustrations and diagrams, The Great Extinctions is an easy-to-understand presentation of a complex and controversial subject.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. American Tract Society 1875 Very Good/ Original Publication. no date, date is approximate, pos penciled inside cover dated "Christmas.1875". Tan embossed decorative cloth, gilded decoration and spine letterin, solid structure, tight unmarked text. 6+86 pages plus 2 pages of advertisements. Illustrated frontispiece cover with tissue paper.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. A fascinating history of species extinctions, their causes and the looming sixth extinction. It is the central issue for this generation. Respected journals and popular publications worldwide pose the question, call the warning: Are we in the middle of a sixth mass extinction? (Science), Multitude of species face climate threat (The New York Times), The sixth great extinction: a silent extermination (National Geographic). Of the 1-3 billion species estimated to have appeared during Earth's history, only 12.5 million exist today. Geologists know that species extinction is as natural a process as species evolution. They also know that the rate of extinction in the geological past has not been constant. On at least five occasions in Earth's history, extinction intensities have spiked well above the normal level. For over a century, geologists have tried to conclusively identify and understand the processes responsible for the complex, fluctuating history of species extinction through the millennia. This has become even more important over the last decade as human populations and technology may now rival sea-level change, volcanic eruptions and asteroid impacts as an extinction mechanism. Will there be a sixth Extinction? When? What will cause it? The Great Extinctions 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. Author Norman MacLeod covers this compelling topic in a concise, easy-to-read style with illustrations and diagrams throughout. He examines a controversial subject with universal implications, which will fascinate a wide readership with interests in geology, prehistory, the environment, endangered species, conservation, wildlife, biodiversity, climate change, zoology, botany, invasive species and more. The Great Extinctions is an essential choice for an informed contemporary readership.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. A fascinating history of species extinctions, their causes and the looming sixth extinction. It is the central issue for this generation. Respected journals and popular publications worldwide pose the question, call the warning: Are we in the middle of a sixth mass extinction? (Science), Multitude of species face climate threat (The New York Times), The sixth great extinction: a silent extermination (National Geographic). Of the 1-3 billion species estimated to have appeared during Earth's history, only 12.5 million exist today. Geologists know that species extinction is as natural a process as species evolution. They also know that the rate of extinction in the geological past has not been constant. On at least five occasions in Earth's history, extinction intensities have spiked well above the normal level. For over a century, geologists have tried to conclusively identify and understand the processes responsible for the complex, fluctuating history of species extinction through the millennia. This has become even more important over the last decade as human populations and technology may now rival sea-level change, volcanic eruptions and asteroid impacts as an extinction mechanism. Will there be a sixth Extinction? When? What will cause it? The Great Extinctions 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. Author Norman MacLeod covers this compelling topic in a concise, easy-to-read style with illustrations and diagrams throughout. He examines a controversial subject with universal implications, which will fascinate a wide readership with interests in geology, prehistory, the environment, endangered species, conservation, wildlife, biodiversity, climate change, zoology, botany, invasive species and more. The Great Extinctions is an essential choice for an informed contemporary readership.…

Condition: Very Good. reprint. Quarter morocco, VG. 282pp, b/w frontis, leather & cloth a little worn at the edges, gift inscription, a good copy. Nelson Classics volume 171. Juvenile fiction, originally published in 1867 by the popular & influential Church of Scotland minister Norman MacLeod [ 1812 - 1872 ]. 200 grams.…

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