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How factual is The Sixth Extinction?
Deep The initial chapters that establish our current knowledge through past events, and historical works and discoveries are sourced either in footnotes or…moreThe initial chapters that establish our current knowledge through past events, and historical works and discoveries are sourced either in footnotes or through visits to museums and sites. Later chapters have interviews with people who have either published findings (such as the concept of the K-T extinction, formation of the anthropocene extinction idea) or who are in the middle of the research (at the Great Barrier Reef, in the forests of Brazil). These people share with us their views on what is happening and what will happen in the near future, so even if something described can't be labelled as a fact, it sounds factual and everything seems to be an educated conclusion.(less)
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The Sixth Extinction
by Elizabeth Kolbert (Goodreads Author)
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