Field Notes: Chapters 5 and 6

As much as I know about global warming now, I was under the impression that the catalyst of it speeding up is because of the life we as humans have been living. When I read Kolbert's description of the ancient civilization and how global warming has been around and is not necessarily caused by one civilization or the other. I thought that this was pretty interesting. Yes, I know that the world has been around for a while and because of that, needs to regulate itself. But although the world needs to regulate itself, (i.e global warming) we haven't been helping too much either. I thought it was very important that Kolbert take this approach and it was a good way to inform readers like me about global warming history. She also went on to discuss and breakdown the world and its atmosphere and did so in a way that kept me interested while learning a lot. Her method of breaking the world up into cubes was very helpful in making me understand what she was talking about, which I think Kolbert is very good at doing when it comes to informing readers who know nothing about the subject.

Like always, I have enjoyed Kolbert's style of writing and although her extra comments and descriptions (i.e the amphibian houses in a row like toasters) may be a bit useless, they still place a picture in your head and make you remember that chapter.