—Humans are altering the planet in a way never before seen, causing the horrifying extinction of an alarming number of species—
The Non-fiction Feature
The Sixth Extinction
Author: Elizabeth Kolbert
Publisher: Picador USA
Pages: 336 | 2015
No single mechanism explains all the mass extinctions in the record, and yet changes in ocean chemistry seem to be a pretty good indicator. Ocean acidification played a role in at least two of the Big Five extinctions (the end-Permian and the end-Triassic) and quite possibly it was a major factor in a third (the end-Cretaceous).
The Fiction Spot
Fox 8
by George Saunders
“Poor Fox 7, my frend, was spinning wile saling, like something long with a wate at one end! And what did those Yumans do? Stood bent over, laffing so hard!….Rest of the day I hid amung those dirt klods, kwietly wimpering.”
The Product Spot
NRDC – Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
An exploration of the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may soon challenge marine life on a scale not seen for tens of millions of years.