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Tagged with “extinction” (3)

1. State of the Species | Charles C. Mann | Orion Magazine

   Does success spell doom for Homo sapiens?

   http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/7146

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   Tagged with orion technology science species humanity extinction

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2. Reviving Extinct Species May Not Be Science Fiction : NPR

   Stewart Brand, author of Whole Earth Discipline and founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, is working on a new project to bring back extinct animals. From the passenger pigeon to the wooly mammoth, Brand explains why and how the project, "Revive and Restore," plans to bring back some extinct species.

   http://www.npr.org/2012/06/25/155717381/reviving-extinct-species-may-not-be-science-fiction

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   Tagged with npr talk of the nation extinction biology revive and restore book:author=stewart brand

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3. The Human Factor

   In this issue of the magazine, Elizabeth Kolbert writes about the history of mass extinctions. Here Kolbert talks about the often indirect ways that human settlement has led to the demise of other species, and describes her visits to a frog preserve in Central America and a bat cave in the Northeast.

   http://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/05/25/090525on_audio_kolbert

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   Tagged with biology extinction environment ecology

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