#TheSixthExtinctionAnUnnaturalHistory | Reviews of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History in English Books| Hashreview

#TheSixthExtinctionAnUnnaturalHistory

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a 2014 nonfiction book written by Elizabeth Kolbert and published by Henry Holt & Company. The book demonstrates that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, man-made, sixth extinction. In the book, Read More..

Ratings

Likes

Reviews

HASH INFO

Review# tag	TheSixthExtinctionAnUnnaturalHistory
Review# tag
Hash title	The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Hash title
Description	The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a 2014 nonfiction book written by Elizabeth Kolbert and published by Henry Holt & Company. The book demonstrates that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, man-made, sixth extinction. In the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during our present time. She also describes specific species extinguished by humans, as well as the ecologies surrounding prehistoric and near-present extinction events. The author received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for the book in 2015. Pulitzer citationThe target audience is the general reader, and scientific descriptions are rendered in understandable prose. The clear writing blends explanations of her treks to remote areas with interviews of scientists, researchers, and guides, without advocating a position, and maintaining objectivity. Hence, the sixth mass extinction theme is applied to flora and fauna existing in diverse habitats, such as the Panamanian rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef, the Andes, Bikini Atoll, city zoos, and the author's own backyard. The book also applies this theme to a number of other habitats and organisms throughout the world. After researching the current mainstream view of the relevant peer reviewed science, Kolbert estimates flora and fauna loss by the end of the 21st century to be between 20% to 50% "of all living species on earth".
Description	The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a 2014 nonfiction book written by Elizabeth Kolbert and published by Henry Holt & Company. The book demonstrates that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, man-made, sixth extinction. In the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during our present time. She also describes specific species extinguished by humans, as well as the ecologies surrounding prehistoric and near-present extinction events. The author received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for the book in 2015. Pulitzer citationThe target audience is the general reader, and scientific descriptions are rendered in understandable prose. The clear writing blends explanations of her treks to remote areas with interviews of scientists, researchers, and guides, without advocating a position, and maintaining objectivity. Hence, the sixth mass extinction theme is applied to flora and fauna existing in diverse habitats, such as the Panamanian rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef, the Andes, Bikini Atoll, city zoos, and the author's own backyard. The book also applies this theme to a number of other habitats and organisms throughout the world. After researching the current mainstream view of the relevant peer reviewed science, Kolbert estimates flora and fauna loss by the end of the 21st century to be between 20% to 50% "of all living species on earth".

Created By

Admin

DETAILS

Name
Name
Authors	Elizabeth Kolbert
Authors
Translator
Translator
Genre	Nonfiction popular science
Genre
Series
Series
Number in series
Number in series
Language	English
Language
Country	United States, United Kingdom
Country

PUBLISH

Story timeline
Story timeline
Pages	319
Pages
Media_type	Print
Media_type
Isbn	9780805092998
Isbn
Oclc	853618709
Oclc
Publisher
Publisher

RELEASE

Pub_date
Pub_date
Release_date
Release_date

Writing

Portraying the concept

Style of narration

Language & literature

Overall rating

MORE INFO

Ratings

No ratings yet.

Feature Ratings

No Feature ratings yet.

Popularity

Reaches

No data available now.

Ranks

This #hashtag is not ranked yet.