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Nature 450, 349 (15 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/450349a; Published online 14 November 2007

A sixth mass extinction?

Chris D. Thomas1

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Past species losses have much to teach us about current and future declines due to human activity.

BOOK REVIEWEDTerra: Our 100-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem — and the Threats that Now Put it at Risk

by Michael Novacek

Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 2007. 480 pp. $27

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