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The Sixth Extinction

The Sixth Extinction (2014)

352 pages 4.0/5 Goodreads
Science

From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.

Author: Elizabeth Kolbert, Marcel Blanc

ISBN: 9781250793423

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Other

Natural disasters (referenced)

Violence & Physical Harm

Animal cruelty / animal death (referenced)
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