| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
ix, 247 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm |
| Audience |
Ages: 8-12 Little, Brown and Company |
| Summary |
"A book for middle-school-aged children about previous extinctions and possible threats to humans, from volcanoes, to asteroids, to pollution and diseases"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-239) and index. |
| Contents |
Earth : a very brief history -- Mass extinctions : the first four of five -- Mass extinctions, continued : the fifth one got the dinosaurs -- Homo sapiens : not the only humans -- DNA bottleneck : that time humans almost went extinct -- Asteroids : incominggggg! -- Supervolcanoes : the blast from below -- Disease : teeny tiny threats like bacteria and viruses -- Over population : we live here, we eat here-until we don't! -- War : the ultimate self-destruct button -- Sun : we're gonna need stronger SPF -- Outer space : supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, aliens -- Global warming : who turned up the heat? -- 1.5°C to 2° C : just a wee bit warmer -- We're doomed (JK, how to save the planet people). |
| Subject |
Extinction (Biology) -- Juvenile literature.
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Mass extinctions -- Juvenile literature.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Juvenile literature.
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Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- Juvenile literature.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Juvenile literature.
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Human beings -- Extinction -- Juvenile literature.
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Extinction (Biology)
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Mass extinctions.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Human beings -- Effect of climate on.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Human beings -- Extinction.
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| Added Author |
Miles, Nicole, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780759553941 (hardcover) |
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0759553947 (hardcover) |
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