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Scatter, Adapt, and Remember

How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
Oct 03, 2013jmikesmith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The premise of this book is that our Earth is bound to undergo major and significant change, such as global warming, a new ice age, a meteor or asteroid strike, super volcanoes, or some other event that could cause a mass extinction (defined as wiping out 90% of all species then living). It's happened half a dozen times in the past and will happen again. The question then is, what can humans do to ensure that we are part of the 10% of species that survives? Overall, this is a very hopeful book and makes no apologies for putting humans first above all other species. It's a direct challenge to environmentalists who insist the planet would be better off without us. The fact is, we're not the first species to so change the planet that we put our own lives at risk. If we value our own survival, then we have to do whatever it takes to ensure that this Earth, which undergoes constant if slow changes on a planetary scale, is suited to us. The book is clearly written. It includes a few photos of some of the research currently underway to prepare for the next mass extinction (or the next big disaster of a continental scale).