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| View Larger Image | Mass Extinction: Examining the Current Crisis (Discovery!) | Library Bindingby Tricia Andryszewski (Author)
| List Price: | $31.93 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Library Binding | | Publisher: | Twenty-First Century Books (CT) | | Page Count: | 112 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 15, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 1,726,618st |
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Some scientists believe that Earth is heading toward a crisis--its sixth great mass extinction, where possibly two-thirds of its existing species could disappear. But what do scientists know for sure? Is there a way to avoid such a crisis? |
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