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Modern society is constantly crafting mega solutions to problems it has created, many of which come with even more problems, and no guarantee of solving the issue, long term.\xa0

Whether it's injecting reflective aerosols into the atmosphere to combat climate change (literally turning the sky white), or gene-editing invasive species, \u201cwe seem incapable of stopping ourselves,\u201d argues journalist and Pulitzer-prize winning author Elizabeth Kolbert.\xa0

She joins the Mongabay Newscast to talk about her latest book, \u201cUnder a White Sky: The Nature of the Future,\u201d\xa0which explores many of these machinations in detail and why she urges readers to be skeptical of them.

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• Geoengineering Earth\u2019s climate future: Straight talk with Wake Smith
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• Is invasive species management doing more harm than good? (commentary)
• Release the cats: Training native species to fear invasive predators

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Image: The cane toad (Rhinella marina). Native to South and Central America, the toxic species was deliberately introduced in Queensland, Australia, in 1935 and today it is considered an invasive pest, poisoning native fauna. Image by Paul Williams/Iron Ammonite Photography. Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0).