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Elizabeth Kolbert - The Sixth Extinction.nfo
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when
the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists
around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be
the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out
the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us.
In prose that is at once frank, entertaining, and deeply informed, The New
Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered
life on the planet in a way no species has before. Interweaving research in half
a dozen disciplines, descriptions of the fascinating species that have already
been lost, and the history of extinction as a concept, Kolbert provides a moving
and comprehensive account of the disappearances occurring before our very eyes.
She shows that the sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting
legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be
human.
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