The Book Show #1703 - Elizabeth Kolbert

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue

Published March 9, 2021 at 3:24 PM EST

Elizabeth Kolbert is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of "The Sixth Extinction." In her new book, "Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future," Kolbert again writes about humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?

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