How Humans Try (And Fail) To Master Nature

How Humans Try (And Fail) To Master Nature

2/9/21 by NPR

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‘New Yorker’ writer Elizabeth Kolbert talks about efforts to reverse some of the harm humans have done to the natural world. Her new book, ‘Under a White Sky,’ details visionary ideas, like scattering tiny particles into the stratosphere to block some sunlight and cool the planet. She also reports on current efforts, like the millions spent trying to control Asian carp imported to American rivers. “We’re now intervening to counter the effects of our own intervention,” Kolbert says. “I call it the control of the control of nature.” Kolbert is also author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book ‘The Sixth Extinction.’