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World Mammals in Crisis

by Matt Ball on October 6, 2008

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (PDF) for this week’s World Conservation Congress in Barcelona. The Red List is a comprehensive assessment of global conservation status for both plants and animals. This week’s report focuses on mammals, and reveals that an extinction crisis is looming. [...]

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The Earth After Us

by Matt Ball on October 6, 2008

There’s a new book by geologist Jan Zalasiewics titled, The Earth After Us, that takes the reader 100 million years into the future — after the human race is extinct — to see what remains of our presence. The book details how the impact of humanity will never leave our planet, and provides insight into [...]

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