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In this young readers edition of the New York Times bestselling, award-winning “The Sixth Extinction”, Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before.
Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Elizabeth Kolbert explores how humans are altering life on Earth.
Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Elizabeth Kolbert explores how humans are altering life on Earth.