Under a White Sky

Can we save the natural world in time?

Elizabeth Kolbert

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Vintage
15 June 2022

Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution; Pollution & threats to the environment; Social impact of environmental issues; Genetic engineering; Environmental science, engineering & technology

The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking- After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?

The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking- after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?

Meet the biologists trying to save the world's rarest fish; the engineers who are turning carbon emissions to stone; the researchers trying to develop a 'super coral'; and the physicists contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere to cool the earth.

Elizabeth Kolbert is one of the most important writers on the environment. Here she investigates the immense challenges humanity faces as we scramble to reverse, in a matter of decades, the effects we've had on the natural world and asks - can we save the natural world in time?

'Important, necessary, urgent' Helen MacDonald 'Meticulously researched and deftly crafted' Guardian

By: Elizabeth Kolbert
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 239g
ISBN: 9781784709167
ISBN 10: 1784709166
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 June 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize, and Field Notes from a Catastrophe- Man, Nature, and Climate Change. She has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1999, and has been awarded the Blake-Dodd Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with her husband and children.

Reviews for Under a White Sky: Can we save the natural world in time?

Important, necessary, urgent and phenomenally interesting * Helen Macdonald, New York Times * Smart * Bill Gates * A meticulously researched and deftly crafted work of journalism that explores some of the biggest challenges of our age * Guardian * Riveting * Washington Post * A superb and honest reflection of our extraordinary time * Nature *