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The Last Extinction
ISBN: 0262610892
ISBN-13: 9780262610896
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Mit Pr
Published date: 1993
Edition: 2nd edition
Size: 6.25 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Publisher's Notes
"The essays are united by the authors' passionate commitment to preserving the natural diversity, both genetic and esthetic, of the earth's myriad plant and animal species. As this book demonstrates...when we kill these other species, either directly or by destroying their habitats, we kill a bit of ourselves." -- Dorian Sagan, The New York Times Book Review (review of the first edition) The Last Extinction was one of the first books on biodiversity and species loss, and today there is a new and more widespread awareness of what some consider to be the great tragedy of our time -- organisms which took many thousands or even millions of years to evolve are being snuffed out permanently owing to human activity. Environmentalist Norman Myers has added a new chapter on whales to this edition to address the critical issue of habitat destruction (which for whales involves over 70% of the Earth) from a host of insults. These include oil spills, toxic chemical runoffs that foster oxygen depriving algae bloom, the destruction of plankton by ultraviolet rays, the filling of coastal zones, and boat traffic. Contents Why the Ark is Sinking, Les Kaufman. Mass Extinctions: New Answers, New Questions, David Jablonski. The Amazon: Paradise Lost?, Ghillian T. Prance. Vanishing Species in Our Own Backyard, James D. Williams and Ronald M. Nowak. Riders of the Last Ark, Thomas J. Foose. Sharing the Earth with Whales, Norman Myers. Life in the Next Millennium - Who Will be Left in Earth's Community?, David Ehrenfeld.
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Les Kaufman
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Les Kaufman; Kenneth Mallory
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