The Sixth Extinction
2014 • 336 pages
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Average rating4.1
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Ratings51
Average rating4.1
From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.
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Wow, what an incredible book. Incredibly informative and thought-provoking yet easy to read. I love how Kolbert starts each chapter off with an animal and uses the history of that animal to ease the reader into the greater arc of the story. I like how Kolbert makes her point in a matter-of-fact and non-judgemental way whereas I feel that some other climate-change-oriented literature tend to be rather sassy in a “we're screwed, this is XYZ's fault” kind of way.
Overall, such a great book and an essential read for everyone.
Wow, what an incredible book. Incredibly informative and thought-provoking yet easy to read. I love how Kolbert starts each chapter off with an animal and uses the history of that animal to ease the reader into the greater arc of the story. I like how Kolbert makes her point in a matter-of-fact and non-judgemental way whereas I feel that some other climate-change-oriented literature tend to be rather sassy in a “we're screwed, this is XYZ's fault” kind of way.
Overall, such a great book and an essential read for everyone.
I don't frequently read a lot of science nonfiction or science journalism, but this was a well-written, well-researched book that flowed well and even made me laugh at times. Worth a read!
There is enough in this book to sway me into the believer column of Global Warming, educate me on Ocean Acidification, make me feel bad about being a human, and give me comfort to know that there is not much I can personally do to make a damn bit of difference to change anything and that anything that I did or did not do would could all be changed to something completely different on a geologic time scale.
