My sci-fi novel about recreating an extinct species is becoming a reality – but even if we can, should we? | James Bradley

The idea of reintroducing mammoths to the Arctic to slow climate change isn't entirely fanciful, but it does raise deeper ethical concerns

Last week I woke up to a string of notifications alerting me to the news a biotech company had secured US$15m (A$20.6m) to underwrite a scheme to recreate mammoths with a view to reintroducing them onto the Arctic tundra.

The reason for the flurry of emails and messages wasn't that the story seemed like something out of a science fiction novel, it was that it was something out of a science fiction novel; specifically my novel, Ghost Species, which imagines the consequences of just such a scheme.