Description
| Product ID: | 9781108843539 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Extinctions |
| Subtitle: | Living and Dying in the Margin of Error |
| Authors: | Author: Michael Hannah |
| Page Count: | 262 |
| Subjects: | Evolution, Evolution, Meteorology and climatology, Palaeontology, Conservation of the environment, Endangered species and extinction of species, Sustainability, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Meteorology & climatology, Palaeontology, Conservation of the environment, Endangered species & extinction of species, Sustainability, Environmental science, engineering & technology, Rocks, minerals & fossils, The Earth: natural history general |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth's history tell us and how does life on earth recover from them? How can we avoid a disastrous human-made mass extinction event? Michael Hannah answers these questions and more in this compelling book. Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth''s history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction events look like and how does life on Earth recover from them? The fossil record reveals periods when biodiversity exploded, and short intervals when much of life was wiped out in mass extinction events. In comparison with these ancient events, today''s biotic crisis hasn''t (yet) reached the level of extinction to be called a mass extinction. But we are certainly in crisis, and current parallels with ancient mass extinction events are profound and deeply worrying. Humanity''s actions are applying the same sorts of pressures - on similar scales - that in the past pushed the Earth system out of equilibrium and triggered mass extinction events. Analysis of the fossil record suggests that we still have some time to avert this disaster: but we must act now. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-16 |
