WAKE UP!
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Kolbert discusses in depth the impact that humans have on the environment. She gave hard and on point facts on this with very compelling evidence that would leave readers diving for more information.
Kolbert wrote this book intelligently and thoroughly by giving us examples of how earth was before compared to how it is now. We had so much more existing species that contributed to our environment in a positive way. However, due to the impact that humans had due to their greed and thirst for making sure life goes according to their comfortably, we are killing our world day by day ,but nobody cares because we believe that we're fine and everything's okay.
This book needs to be reintroduced today, globally, because these are issues that should be addressed. If we look at our world today and realize the change in the atmosphere, you would sit down and reconsider your way of living. It's honestly heartbreaking that many animals went extinct, some currently endangered, that barely anyone would recognize. This is all because of human impacts that many people don't know about.
After reading the book, I feel as if chapters 6 and 8 should definitely be talked about more especially. She basically talks about how the atmosphere has changed drastically. This is due the overload of carbon dioxide being emitted into the atmosphere that depletes the ozone layer, which causes sun rays to enter earth's atmosphere. This then leads to ice caps melting, low-lying islands to be flooded, skin diseases, and a million other problems that can be mentioned. Climate change and global warming is currently a problem that's going to cause potential loss to many attributes in our environment today. This has to be settled.
In closing, this was one of the best books I have read in a long while. We as a human race need to take more notice of what's going on around daily and take initiative to make our world better today. Let's at least try to save our wildlife and environment. Many would be surprised to know how one person would make a huge impact today.
I would 100% recommend any environmental student to read this book as it is informative and gives a broader view of what's taking place.
I agree, this is a terrific book. Kolbert has been on the front lines of top-rate reporting on climate change for many years.
ReplyDelete"nobody cares because we believe that we're fine and everything's okay" - It can seem as if nobody cares, "helped" in large part by the ignorant spewings of uninformed politicians who confuse climate with weather and don't understand that things like the polar vortex are encroaching in places where they wouldn't be, if not for anthropogenic climate change.
But fortunately, "nobody cares" is not quite the case. Recent polls indicate that recent extreme weather has people's attention, and growing numbers are beginning to care. What to do with that rising concern is still a big question, as it becomes increasingly clear that major lifestyle/consumption changes in the way many of us live are going to have to come quickly.
I didn't want to be so direct in my article and single anybody out. I was really meaning Donald Trump when I said nobody. I didn't want to seem political. In a recent tweet, he said "...What the hell is going on with Global Warming? Please come back fast, We need you!". This was the most ignorant thing I have ever came across.
ReplyDeleteThis baffled me because he is the leader of one of the most powerful countries in the world but doesn't see Global Warming as a big issue.
I now understand that my choice of words weren't the best, but this is the reasoning behind it.