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Summary of Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction is a book by award winning journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert. In this book, the author demonstrates that species are dying out at a rate comparable to the previous mass extinctions, and if the trend of global warming, deforestation, and pollution continues in its present course, the numbers of extinct species will meet or exceed that rate of destruction.  
The extinction of species picked up steam when humans began transforming great swaths of forest and plains into farmland about 10,000 years ago…

Duration: 25 minutes (00:24:48)
Publishing date: 2021-05-25; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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