Sparing Nature : : The Conflict between Human Population Growth and Earth's Biodiversity / / Jeffrey K. McKee.
Are humans too good at adapting to the earth’s natural environment? Every day, there is a net gain of more than 200,000 people on the planet—that’s 146 a minute. Has our explosive population growth led to the mass extinction of countless species in the earth’s plant and animal communities? Jeffrey K...
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