When I started reporting on climate change, the prediction was the Arctic could be sea-ice-free in summer by the 2070s. Now? By the 2030s.
Elizabeth Kolbert
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Elizabeth Kolbert
@ElizKolbert
I'm a TNY staff writer & author of "Under a White Sky," "The Sixth Extinction," and forthcoming “Life on a Little-Known Planet." More at: elizabethkolbert.com.
Joined September 2013
- Could there be a better metaphor for our time? "ConocoPhillips plans to install 'chillers' into the permafrost — which is fast melting because of climate change — to keep it solid enough to support the equipment to drill for oil."
- Not sure who is still out there, but I’ve been working on this for six months and, well, here it is: newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…
- Seven out of eight planetary boundaries passed. One to go:
- Even on a day filled with bad news, this stands out. Or at least it should:
- I’m thrilled to announce my upcoming book "H Is for Hope," an exploration of climate change and the uncertainties of our future in 26 alphabetical essays--beautifully, hauntingly illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook. Available 3/26 and for preorder now!
- If you want to know why scientists are so worried about the threat of #AMOC collapse, I try to explain it here:
- Fifty degrees above normal in the Arctic:
- Reading a recent paper from @Nature, I came across this extraordinary statistic: "The global mass of produced plastic is greater than the overall mass of all terrestrial and marine animals combined." rdcu.be/cfYLk
- A phrase you're going to be hearing a lot from now on: "We're entering uncharted territory."
- "More and more scientists are now admitting publicly that they are scared by the recent climate extremes."
- I wrote about the power of climate feedbacks for @NewYorker. The piece came out today, just as #Hurricane Milton became a Category 5 storm.
- “We are lulled into a comfort zone – we cannot really see the crisis.”
- How many ways are there to say: “Wake the F up”?New UNEP emissions gap report highlights a "massive gap between rhetoric and reality" and calls for a "quantum leap" in ambition to deliver Paris goals, as the world is way off-track today. I cover the details over at @CarbonBrief: carbonbrief.org/unep-new-clima…
