Under a White Sky

Resumen del libro

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?CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AND BARACK OBAMA AS A SUMMER READMeet 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?

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Elizabeth Kolbertx{0026}lt;/B (1961) es periodista, autora y profesora visitante del Williams College. Reconocida por su labor divulgativa sobre la crisis climática, es una de las voces más influyentes del periodismo ambiental contemporáneo. Desde 1999 escribe para x{0026}lt;I The New Yorkerx{0026}lt;/I , donde aborda temas de ciencia, ecología y sociedad. Su libro x{0026}lt;I La sexta extinciónx{0026}lt;/I (2014), galardonado con el Premio Pulitzer, consolidó su prestigio internacional. También es autora de x{0026}lt;I Field Notes from a Catastrophex{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Bajo un cielo blancox{0026}lt;/I , obras que exploran el impacto humano en el planeta. Ha recibido distinciones como el Premio Heinz, la Beca Guggenheim y el Premio SEAL de Periodismo Ambiental. Kolbert reside en Williamstown, Massachusetts, con su familia.x{0026}lt;/P