The Sixth Extinction. Published on Feb 25, Elizabeth Kolbert recounts the stories of five mass extinctions throughout the history of the earth and reports on the predicted sixth extinction event, this time caused by humanity’s impact on the earth and climate.

The sixth extinction: an unnatural history. New York:Henry Holt and Company, Chicago Kolbert, Elizabeth. The Sixth Extinction: an Unnatural History. New York:Henry Holt and Company, warning Note: These citations are software generated and may contain errors. To verify accuracy, check the appropriate style guide.

In addition to being a history of the science of extinction, The Sixth Extinction describes some of Kolbert’s travels around the world to learn about wildlife preservation and the vanishing natural world.

Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that .

Jun 01,  · Meet the women racing to save a species from extinction (CNN) The sixth mass extinction is not a worry for the future. It's happening now, much faster than previously expected, and .

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/5(5K).

Feb 12,  · Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of the new book The Sixth Extinction. It begins with a history of the "big five" extinctions of the past, and goes on to explain how human behavior is creating a.

Feb 11,  · “The sixth mass extinction is the biggest story on Earth, period, and Elizabeth Kolbert tells it with imagination, rigor, deep reporting, and a capacious curiosity about all the wondrous creatures and ecosystems that exist, or have existed, on our planet. The result is an important book full of love and loss.”Cited by:

The second mass extinction happened ca. Ma as the Earth moved from the Devonian to the Carboniferous time period. Again, about 70% of all species no longer existed. However, this extinction covered 20 Ma with a number of lesser extinction during that period. The Permian-Triassic extinction was the third and occurred Ma.