Scatter, adapt, and remember how humans will survive a mass extinction

"In its 4.5 billion-year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes. And we know that another global disaster is eventually headed our way. Can...

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Main Author: Newitz, Annalee, 1969-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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Summary:"In its 4.5 billion-year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes. And we know that another global disaster is eventually headed our way. Can we survive it? How?"--Dust jacket flap.
Physical Description:305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780385535915
Author Notes:ANNALEE NEWITZ is the founding editor of the science Web site io9.com and a journalist with a decade's experience in writing about science, culture, and the future for such publications as Wired , Popular Science , and The Washington Post . She is the editor of the anthology She's Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Geeky Stuff and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. She lives in San Francisco.