· Kolbert’s premise, that we are likely in the midst of the Sixth Period of a great extinction in the world’s history, is “a most awful yet interesting” idea, to quote Darwin out of context. Kolbert shares recent (in the past forty years) scientific discoveries, theories, and test results which many of us may not have had a chance to follow with the diligence of a scientist/5(K). In The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert studies the relationship between human beings and the environment, and concludes that human behavior is on the verge of causing (or may have already caused) a mass-extinction—the sixth in the history of the planet. All over the world, different species are already going extinct, thanks to the declining amount of available undeveloped land, and the rising . “The sixth mass extinction is the biggest story on Earth, period, and Elizabeth Kolbert tells it with imagination, rigor, deep reporting, and a capacious curiosity about all the wondrous creatures and ecosystems that exist, or have existed, on our planet. The result is /5(K).
You can buy the book here: www.doorway.ru The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert - review. Not only is the new wave of extinction all our fault, it will probably be our downfall, says a rigorous, disquieting new. Please note, the slides are not included in this video. Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life.
In The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert studies the relationship between human beings and the environment, and concludes that human behavior is on the verge of causing (or may have already caused) a mass-extinction—the sixth in the history of the planet. All over the world, different species are already going extinct, thanks to the declining amount of available undeveloped land, and the rising temperature. author Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unli Bill McKibben. In lucid prose, [Kolbert] examines the role of man-made climate change in causing what biologists call the sixth mass extinction This is the world we've made. In The Sixth Extinction, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker writer.
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