Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World
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Last update: 12-03-2025
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- L-BooknerdAnother Great ReadKolbert is one of the greatest reporters of climate change. Every time I read one of her books, I am left wanting to know more. Whether it's species extinction, ecosystem collapse, CO2 emissions, rising seas......you learn that everything is connected and if no one is going to do anything to change the outcome, there will be no future. I highly recommend this book to any skeptics out there, and also to the deniers of climate change. Saying that something won't happen enough times will not make it true.
- MariExamine the impact that we have on our planet.Are you interested about the plant that you’re living on? This was a deep and interesting dive into our changing planet. Where are the bee’s going? Why are lakes shrinking? Should the natural world have rights? All questions answered in this book.
I don’t recommend it as light reading or before bed as it’s more intense and something that I definitely needed to process as I read. Take your time it’s worth the read! This is a book that examines the impact that people have had on the planet and what we need to focus on. - Aaron SpriggsThe title already exists by a well known entomologist/biologist.There is already a famous biology book with this title by Dr. Howard Ensen Evans, published back in 1993.
- natureloverGreat book about our amazing planetGreat read! It's a fascinating world out there!
- AKEssential read for any informed citizen of the worldIt is always a privilege to read an Elizabeth Kolbert book, and this new title is no exception. Drawing from some of Kolbert's finest work for the New Yorker, Life on a Little-Known Planet is a must-read during these troubling times.
- robert stogrynDon't understandOil is in everything. Explain to me where we're gonna get our plastics. Our car tires and everything else. I understand there are more clean fuels. But our world runs on oil, so until people want to go back a 100 years. How are we going to make things carbon Neutral?