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The 6th extinction elizabeth kolbert
The 6th extinction elizabeth kolbert





the 6th extinction elizabeth kolbert

There are golden frogs sitting on leaves and-more difficult to understand-golden frogs holding cell phones. El Valle has one main street, a police station, and an open-air market that offers, in addition to the usual hats and embroidery, what must be the world’s largest selection of golden-frog figurines.

the 6th extinction elizabeth kolbert

The crater is almost four miles across, but when the weather is clear you can see the jagged hills that surround the town, like the walls of a ruined tower. The town of El Valle de Antón, in central Panama, sits in the middle of a volcanic crater formed about a million years ago. Some estimates suggest that, if current trends continue, half the world’s species may disappear by the end of this century.







The 6th extinction elizabeth kolbert