Although carp were originally introduced to American waters to reduce toxicity, they have since taken over. Kolbert considers the implications of this problem, while also researching the locally invasive species, the Asian carp. Because of the ways in which humans have attempted to manipulate the course of the river, it has overtaken the land, leading to sunken fields. The Plaquemines is a unique landform, widely known as one of the most rapidly disappearing places in the world. In Louisiana, she visits the Plaquemines Parish. These images inspire Kolbert's reflections on man's attempts to control the natural world.įrom Illinois, Kolbert travels south along the Mississippi River. Engineers have also had to construct electric barriers in the water to keep fish out. Now the canal is filled with litter and trash. The canal is the result of a historical river diversion. In "Down the River," Kolbert takes a trip down the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The following summary adheres to a similar mode of explanation. It marries the past and present tenses, and follows a regular structural pattern. Penguin Random House LLC., 2021.Įlizabeth Kolbert's Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future is written from her first person journalistic point of view. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Kolbert, Elizabeth.
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