The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Kolbert has gone on many expeditions to discover the status of several animal species (Golden Frogs in South-America, the Brown Bats in America, Auk's in Iceland etc) and tells in an entertaining though disheartening fashion how they became (or becoming) extinct.
To round it all of these stories are interspersed with how humans discovered how there have been past extinctions (including the famous extinction of the dinosaurs, which was only discovered in the 80's).

I had expected that the book would have a stronger opinion on the role of humans in the sixth extinction, but it is surprisingly neutral on this. Of course it explains which effects climate change will have on the future of animal species, but it tells this in a manner of fact way and by the way, one of the other extinctions was also caused by massive climate change, so you can see what kind of effect that had.


Would recommend because:
Features a nice explanation of the different extinctions that have already taken place on earth (there were already 5, while I mostly only knew about the dinosaurs one) and what kind of effects they had.

Still curious about:
What kind of effects will the current extinction have on earth. What will the future look like with acidic oceans and animals missing from the foodchain?