Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-106) and index
Contents:
Numerous signs point to mass extinctions / Tracy V. Wilson Species extinction rates are overestimated / Stuart Wolpert Study : 6th mass extinction looms but preventable, study says / Stephanie Pappas Mass plant extinctions show the threats from human exploitation / Juliette Jowit Human consumption of plants and animals can lead to conservation / Kim Severson Humans have created conditions that cause amphibian extinctions / NZFROG A fungal disease is one of the main threats causing amphibian extinctions / Amphibian Ark Global warming may force polar bears into extinction / Michael McCarthy Polar bears : today's canaries in the coal mine? / Bjorn Lomborg Give a bee a home / Hazel Sillver Bee extinctions, and a resulting catastrophe, may be inevitable / Bill Schutt Human beings will be extinct within one hundred years / The Daily Star It is extremely unlikely human beings will become extinct / Tobin Lopes, et al
