From Naomi Klein to Barbara Kingsolver, these authors explain the consequences of our warming planet — and imagine its future.
In its long, long history, our planet has experienced five periods of mass extinction, each of which dramatically decreased the diversity of life. Elizabeth Kolbert contemplates the idea of a sixth extinction — the result of climate change — and the ways in which human beings are responsible for changing life on earth in a way no other species has.
"The writing style is fluent and coherent, and the combination of the topics to give a holistic view before the tragic conclusion was suspenseful and very well done. [...] This is more than a science book. It's also a cautionary tale. It's bringing context to what we've done to the world so far, and what we'll probably continue doing to it, and what the outcome will likely be. It therefore also provides the answer for an alternative.
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