About the author
Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist and author who has written for The New Yorker since 1999. Her reporting connects field observation and scientific evidence to changes in climate, ecosystems, and extinction that are already underway.
The Sixth Extinction opens in Panama, where golden frogs are disappearing from streams and being moved into protected facilities. Their crisis leads Elizabeth Kolbert to the larger claim that extinction rates have risen far above the ordinary background level.
Where to start
Start with The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Elizabeth Kolbert reports from species and ecosystems already being reshaped by a human-driven mass extinction.
