In The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, science journalist Elizabeth Kolbert reports how climate change is leading to the sixth mass extinction, which could see up to half of the world’s species wiped out by 2100. She explains how human activity is causing this climate catastrophe, and why we find it so difficult to change our ways in the face of mounting evidence – despite our own survival being at stake. Kolbert traces the history of previous mass extinctions, and in her exposition of the complex and interconnected nature of life on Earth she makes an impassioned plea for mankind to use its unique agency to save the world it is currently destroying.
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In The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, science journalist Elizabeth Kolbert reports how climate change is leading to the sixth mass extinction, which could see up to half of the world’s species wiped out by 2100. She explains how human activity is causing this climate catastrophe, and why we find it so difficult to change our ways in the face of mounting evidence – despite our own survival being at stake. Kolbert traces the history of previous mass extinctions, and in her exposition of the complex and interconnected nature of life on Earth she makes an impassioned plea for mankind to use its unique agency to save the world it is currently destroying.