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Can I read Extinction : the Death of Waterlife on Planet Earth on EtoBox?
Extinction : the Death of Waterlife on Planet Earth by John Mccabe is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Extinction : the Death of Waterlife on Planet Earth about?
Throughout the history of Earth there have been a number of mass extinctions caused by various catastrophic events, including meteorite collisions and volcanic eruptions. It is recognized that there have been five great extinctions. Earth is now experiencing the Sixth Great Extinction, and it is being caused by one Humans. From the depths of the oceans to the tops of the mountains, among the smallest living things to the largest, life is rapidly dying. The chief cause of modern extinction is the massive use of fossil fuels. Humans are digging deeper into and mining vast areas of the planet to extract petroleum, coal, and natural gas. The burning of fossil fuels is causing rapid climate change, desertification, the melting of polar ice, and the warming and acidification of the seas. The number one use of fossil fuels relates to food. The chief components of pollution and environmental destruction relating to food are the breeding of billions of farmed animals, using most of the farmland on every continent to grow food for those animals, and destroying topsoil, meadows, wetlands, plains, streams, aquifers, and forests to expand the livestock industry, and the grain industry that feed
Who reads Extinction : the Death of Waterlife on Planet Earth?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Mccabe
- Publisher
- Santa Monica, Calif.: Carmania Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781884702273
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Nature, Biology
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (7 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14