A book for middle-school-aged children about previous extinctions and possible threats to humans, from volcanoes, to asteroids, to pollution and diseases.
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ISBN: 9780759553941
Physical Description:printix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Earth : a very brief history -- Mass extinctions : the first four of five -- Mass extinctions, continued : the fifth one got the dinosaurs -- Homo sapiens : not the only humans -- DNA bottleneck : that time humans almost went extinct -- Asteroids : incominggggg! -- Supervolcanoes : the blast from below -- Disease : teeny tiny threats like bacteria and virus -- Overpopulation : we live here, we eat here; until we don't -- War : the ultimate self-destruct button -- Sun : we're gonna need stronger SPF -- Outer space : supernovas, gamma-ray bursts, aliens -- Global warming : who turned up the heat? -- 1.5 to 2À C : just a wee bit warmer -- We're doomed (JK, how to save the planet [struck off] people).