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Author:

McAnulty, Stacy, author.

Title:

Save the people! : halting human extinction / Stacy McAnulty.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

ix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Subject:

Extinction (Biology)--Juvenile literature.
Mass extinctions--Juvenile literature.
Human beings--Effect of environment on--Juvenile literature.
Human beings--Effect of climate on--Juvenile literature.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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 virus -- 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 : aliens, supernovas, gamma-ray bursts -- Global warming : who turned up the heat? -- 5-2° Celsius : just a wee bit warmer -- We're doomed (JK, how to save the planet people).

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.

ISBN:

0759553947
9780759553941

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1260171851

LCCN:

2021027527

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