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Date: April 19, 2021 at 10:52:23
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Author of 'The Sixth Extinction' says Earth is on verge of new mass ex |
URL: https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/549013-author-of-the-sixth-extinction-says-earth-is-on |
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Author of 'The Sixth Extinction' says Earth is on verge of new mass extinction as big as dinosaur wipe-out
Will humans go extinct?
By
Anagha Srikanth | April 19, 2021
Story at a glance
Climate change has threatened the existence of several living species, including humankind itself.
One author predicts that on the current course, climate change will lead to a mass extinction on Earth.
Still, there are people fighting to change course.
In the more than 4 billion year history of the Earth, there have been just five mass extinctions, most scientists agree. One science journalist is predicting the next one is already here — and all there is to do is slow it down.
"We are on the verge of another major mass extinction, unless we change course dramatically," Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the Pulitzer-prize winning "The Sixth Extinction," told CBS. "The question of how much we're responsible for it is pretty much 100%. We have no reason to believe we would be seeing these elevated extinction rates were it not for all the ways we are changing the planet faster than other species can evolve to adapt to."
While her last book predicted that climate change would lead to mass extinction, Kolbert’s newest book, “Under a White Sky,” offers hope that humankind can change course. The book examines climate change efforts worldwide while also examining both the pros and cons of relying on technology to be the solution. Still, the New Yorker writer argues that something is better than nothing in this case.
"We have to realize that there's a lot of damage that's been done that's kind of baked into this system," Kolbert said. "We can leave a serious problem for our kids or we can leave a disastrous problem for our kids."
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Date: May 04, 2021 at 21:09:57
From: SoCalCarol, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Author of 'The Sixth Extinction' says Earth is on verge of new... |
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NAHHHHHH ......there are too many beings out there that love us,
we are a grand experiment. Remember Starman with Jeff
Bridges.... we are at our best when the worst is happening to us....
(something like that).
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Date: May 04, 2021 at 21:21:18
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Author of 'The Sixth Extinction' says Earth is on verge of new... |
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i think that's what the dinosaurs thought too...lol...
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