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The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinctio...

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

This book was preceded by an article in The New Yorker, which the hosts worked from for their research on extinction.

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She wrote a book called the sixth extinction. That's a good, it's a good article. Yeah. And like they, she wrote an article in the New Yorker. She's a New Yorker journalist. That was basically the pre...

— Episode: Selects: How Extinction Works

Episode: Selects: How Extinction Works

This book was preceded by an article in The New Yorker, which the hosts worked from for their research on extinction.

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She wrote a book called the sixth extinction. That's a good, it's a good article. Yeah. And like they, she wrote an article in the New Yorker. She's a New Yorker journalist. That was basically the predecessor to the book.

The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

The book argues that human activity is driving a mass extinction comparable to past planetary crises, detailing its ecological and evolutionary impacts.

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then The Sixth Extinction in 2014, which is about this humanled mass extinction

— Episode: Should We Dim the Sun? Will We Even Have...

Episode: Should We Dim the Sun? Will We Even Have a Choice?

The book argues that human activity is driving a mass extinction comparable to past planetary crises, detailing its ecological and evolutionary impacts.

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then The Sixth Extinction in 2014, which is about this humanled mass extinction

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

The previous book by Elizabeth Kolbert was mentioned in contrast to her current work, as it was characterized as being about how everyone was going to die.

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The last time that we spoke, you had written a book called, I believe, The Sixth Extinction.

— Episode: Trump Berates Reporters, Gets Mystery MR...

Episode: Trump Berates Reporters, Gets Mystery MRI & Closes...

The previous book by Elizabeth Kolbert was mentioned in contrast to her current work, as it was characterized as being about how everyone was going to die.

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The last time that we spoke, you had written a book called, I believe, The Sixth Extinction.

And it was about how we were all going to die.

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