{
  "id": 16013763,
  "title": "Book Essay: The Sixth Extinction and the Demise of Biodiversity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/book-essay-the-sixth-extinction-and-the-demise-of-biodiversity",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T07:15:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Naked Capitalism",
    "slug": "naked-capitalism",
    "url": "https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/book-essay-the-sixth-extinction-and-the-demise-of-biodiversity.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Species loss ought to be a topic of paramount importance. Satyajit Das uses a new book on biodiversity, Lost Animal, as a point of departure.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}