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It made biodiversity collapse vivid for a broad public audience.
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Elizabeth Kolbert2015 selection · Nonfiction
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
A field-reported examination of species loss and the human activity driving a new mass extinction.
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You want lucid environmental science with global scope.
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