The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a groundbreaking exploration of the current mass extinction event and its implications for the future of our planet. Kolbert examines the evidence for the current crisis and examines the role of human activity in driving species to extinction. She also looks at the potential consequences of
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a 2014 nonfiction book written by Elizabeth Kolbert and published by Henry Holt and Company. The book argues 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 Nonfiction for the book in 2015.