Astrophysicist Adam Frank says that “pretending

we can just extend the Holocene in perpetuity” is just a foolish excuse

to put off making inevitable choices brought about by climate change.

• (a) What did Frank mean by his statement above?
• (b) Some biologists, particularly conservation biologists reacted negatively to this essay. What is your reaction to this essay?
• (c) Share what you feel this teaches you about biology (the study of living organisms).