Rivers in time
Subtitle: the search for clues to earth's mass extinctions
By: Peter D. Ward.
Contributors: Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-
Edition: Updated and rev. ed.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Extinction (Biology); Catastrophes (Geology); Biological diversity.
Description: "Several times in the distant past, catastrophic extinctions have swept the Earth, causing more than half of all species - from single-celled organisms to awe-inspiring behemoths - to suddenly vanish and be replaced by new life forms. Today the rich diversity of life on the Earth is again in grave danger - and the cause is not a sudden cataclysmic event but rather humankind's devastation of the environment. Is life on our planet teetering on the brink of another mass extinction? In this new book, acclaimed paleontologist Peter D. Ward answers this daunting question with a resounding yes"--Book jkt.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-304) and index.
Rev. ed. of: New York : Bantam Books, 1994. End of evolution.