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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING - ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, Esquire, Smithsonian Magazine, Vulture, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal - "Beautifully and insistently, Kolbert shows us that it is time to think radically about the ways we manage the environment."--Helen Macdonald, The New York Times That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world we are creating. Along the way, she meets biologists who are trying to preserve the world's rarest fish, which lives in a single tiny pool in the middle of the Mojave; engineers who are turning carbon emissions to stone in Iceland; Australian researchers who are trying to develop a "super coral" that can survive on a hotter globe; and physicists who are contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere to cool the earth. One way to look at human civilization, says Kolbert, is as a ten-thousand-year exercise in defying nature. In The Sixth Extinction, she explored the ways in which our capacity for destruction has reshaped the natural world. Now she examines how the very sorts of interventions that have imperiled our planet are increasingly seen as the only hope for its salvation. By turns inspiring, terrifying, and darkly comic, Under a White Sky is an utterly original examination of the challenges we face.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING - ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews - "Beautifully and insistently, Kolbert shows us that it is time to think radically about the ways we manage the environment."--Helen Macdonald, The New York Times With a new afterword by the author That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world we are creating. Along the way, she meets biologists who are trying to preserve the world's rarest fish, which lives in a single tiny pool in the middle of the Mojave; engineers who are turning carbon emissions to stone in Iceland; Australian researchers who are trying to develop a "super coral" that can survive on a hotter globe; and physicists who are contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere to cool the earth. One way to look at human civilization, says Kolbert, is as a ten-thousand-year exercise in defying nature. In The Sixth Extinction, she explored the ways in which our capacity for destruction has reshaped the natural world. Now she examines how the very sorts of interventions that have imperiled our planet are increasingly seen as the only hope for its salvation. By turns inspiring, terrifying, and darkly comic, Under a White Sky is an utterly original examination of the challenges we face.

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALISTA major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us. In The Sixth Extinction, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines, accompanying many of them into the field: geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. She introduces us to a dozen species, some already gone, others facing extinction, including the Panamian golden frog, staghorn coral, the great auk, and the Sumatran rhino. Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy; as Kolbert observes, it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.

Climate change resists narrative – and yet we must see clearly what’s happening in our world. Millions of lives are at stake, and upwards of a million species. We must act. 'To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth, you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert.' ROLLING STONE In H is for Hope, Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the history, and future, of climate change – from A, for Svante Arrhenius, who created the world’s first climate model in 1894, to Z, for Net Zero. Along the way she looks at Greta Thunberg’s ‘blah blah blah’ speech, flies an all-electric plane, experiments with the effects of extreme temperatures on the human body, and struggles with the deep uncertainty of the future. Complemented by Wesley Allsbrook’s gorgeous, colour illustrations, H Is for Hope offers an inspiring, worrying and, above all, hopeful vision for how we can still save our planet.

Writers on Earth is a collection of reflections, essays, stories, and poems captures the heart of Gen Z's relationship with the environmental issues of the 21st century.Rather than equating nature with the pristine and preserved, the pieces represent the environment as all-encompassing: the toxic dust in Bangkok, the rain in Manila, the disappearing maya birds and the invasive stoats and possums in New Zealand. The world of climate change is their world. This generation knows no other.These pages extend the vibrant community of young writers found at Write the World (www.writetheworld.com)--the global online gathering place for 13 to 19-year-old writers. With a Foreword by Pulitzer-Prize winning author, Elizabeth Kolbert, Writers on Earth comprises 33 pieces, hand-selected by the editors at Write the World from thousands of works and including stunning illustrations by young artists Emma Barry and Liberty Mountain.

In this young readers adaptation of the New York Times-bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Adapting from her New York Times-bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning adult nonfiction, Elizabeth Kolbert explores how humans are altering life on Earth.

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Elizabeth Kolbert combines brilliant field reporting, the history of ideas and the work of geologists, botanists and marine biologists to tell the gripping stories of a dozen species - including the Panamanian golden frog and the Sumatran rhino - some already gone, others at the point of vanishing. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy and Elizabeth Kolbert's book urgently compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.

_________________‘A superbly crafted, diligently compressed vision of a world spiralling towards destruction' - Observer‘Kolbert mesmerises with her poetic cadence in this riveting view of the apocalypse already upon us' - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.‘The most frightening book I've read this century' - Times Literary Supplement_________________Elizabeth Kolbert's environmental classic Field Notes from a Catastrophe first developed out of a groundbreaking, award-winning three-part series in The New Yorker. She expanded it into a still-concise yet richly researched and damning book about climate change: a primer on the greatest challenge facing the world today. In the years since, the story has continued to develop; the situation has become more dire, even as our understanding of it grows. Now Kolbert returns to the defining book of her career, with new chapters on ocean acidification, the tar sands, and a Danish town that's gone carbon neutral. Field Notes from a Catastrophe remains as necessary as ever, and a must-read for our moment.

The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?Meet the biologists trying to save the world's rarest fish; the engineers who are turning carbon emissions to stone; the researchers trying to develop a 'super coral'; and the physicists contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere to cool the earth.Elizabeth Kolbert is one of the most important writers on the environment. Here she investigates the immense challenges humanity faces as we scramble to reverse, in a matter of decades, the effects we've had on the natural world and asks - can we save the natural world in time?'Important, necessary, urgent' Helen MacDonald'Meticulously researched and deftly crafted' Guardian

‘To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth, you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert’ Rolling StoneUrgent lessons from the frontline of the climate catastrophe – from one of our most important writers on the environment and natural world, author of the seminal The Sixth Extinction and Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Kolbert.In Life on a Little-Known Planet, we join Kolbert on the road as she travels to the places most dramatically affected by global warming, such as Greenland’s rapidly melting icesheets and Utah’s shrinking lakes. On the way, we encounter newly discovered species and the last living members of others. We learn how to bring animals back from the brink of extinction, and see the power of rewilding up-close.We also meet countless brilliant and dedicated individuals who are steering us towards a better future: scientists harnessing AI to talk to whales; activists lobbying for the rights of nature; and ordinary people making extraordinary moves, like the Samsø islanders leading a completely carbon-neutral life.Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our age. The natural world is changing profoundly, and the threats to our planet will only grow more serious. Now is the time to deepen our understanding of this incredible world we are in danger of losing – to act, while we still can.

In twenty-six essays--one for each letter of the alphabet--the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future. Climate change resists narrative--and yet some account of what's happening is needed. Millions of lives are at stake, and upward of a million species. And there are decisions to be made, even though it's unclear who, exactly, will make them. In H Is for Hope, Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the landscape of climate change--from "A", for Svante Arrhenius, who created the world's first climate model in 1894, to "Z", for the Colorado River Basin, ground zero for climate change in the United States. Along the way she looks at Greta Thunburg's "blah blah blah" speech ("B"), learns to fly an all-electric plane ("E"), experiments with the effects of extreme temperatures on the human body ("T"), and struggles with the deep uncertainty of the future of climate change ("U"). Adapted from essays originally published in The New Yorker and beautifully illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook, H Is for Hope is simultaneously inspiring, alarming, and darkly humorous--a unique examination of our changing world.

Elizabeth Kolbert, ganadora del premio Pulitzer por La sexta extinci n, vuelve para preguntarse: despu s de hacer tanto da o podemos cambiar la naturaleza, esta vez para salvarla?Que el hombre deber a tener dominio sobre toda la tierra y sobre todo reptil que se arrastra sobre ella es una profec a convertida en realidad. Tan generalizado es el impacto de los humanos en el planeta que hemos categorizado la poca en que vivimos como una nueva poca geol gica: el Antropoceno.Elizabeth Kolbert se ha convertido en una de las escritoras m s influyentes sobre el medio ambiente. Ahora investiga los inmensos desaf os que enfrenta la humanidad mientras luchamos por revertir, en cuesti n de d cadas, los efectos que hemos ocasionado en la atm sfera, los oc anos, los bosques, los r os y en la topograf a misma del globo. En Bajo un cielo blanco Elizabeth Kolbert analiza detenidamente el nuevo mundo que estamos creando y, en el camino, se encuentra con bi logos que est n tratando de preservar el pez m s raro del mundo, que vive en una peque a piscina en medio del desierto de Mojave; ingenieros que est n convirtiendo las emisiones de carbono en piedra en Islandia; investigadores australianos que est n tratando de desarrollar un s per coral que pueda sobrevivir en un globo m s caliente; y f sicos que est n contemplando la posibilidad de lanzar peque os diamantes a la estratosfera para enfriar la tierra, cambiando el color del cielo de azul a blanco.Si en La sexta extinci n explor las formas en que nuestra capacidad de destrucci n ha remodelado el mundo natural, ahora examina c mo el mismo tipo de intervenciones que han puesto en peligro nuestro planeta pueden ser la nica esperanza de salvaci n. A la vez inspirador y aterrador, Bajo un cielo blanco es un examen completamente original de los desaf os a los que nos enfrentamos, ahora como creadores de una nueva naturaleza.

VINNER AV PULITZER-PRISEN 2015, I KATEGORIEN "GENERELL SAKPROSA" KÅRET TIL EN AV ÅRETS 10 BESTE BØKER AV NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW PRESIDENT OBAMAS FERIELEKTYRE EN INTERNASJONAL BESTSELGER En skjellsettende bok om verdens fremtid: Elizabeth Kolberts velbalanserte blanding av idéhistorie, naturhistorie og feltreportasje er en sterk skildring av masseutryddelsen som er i ferd med å skje verden over. I løpet av de siste 500 millioner år har det vært fem masseutryddelser-perioder hvor jordens artsmangfold plutselig og på dramatisk vis ble betraktelig lavere. Forskere over hele verden overvåker nå den sjette utryddelsen, som spås å bli den mest ødeleggende slike hendelsen siden asteroiden som utryddet dinosaurene. Denne gangen er det vi som står for katastrofen. Med en fortellerstil som samtidig er både ærlig, underholdende og svært velinformert, forteller den prisbelønnede vitenskapsjournalisten Elizabeth Kolbert oss her hvorfor og hvordan mennesker har endret livet på jorden på måter som ingen annen art noensinne har gjort. Hun vever sammen forskning gjort i et titalls fagfelt, beskrivelser av fascinerende arter som allerede er gått tapt, og historien bak utryddelse som begrep. Resultatet er en fengslende beretning om det ubegripelige tapet av mangfold som inntreffer like foran øynene på oss. .Det er nesten for galt å si at man blir glad av å lese en bok om artsutryddelse," skriver den kjente biologen Dag Hessen i sitt begeistrede forord til den norske utgaven, .men Den sjette utryddelsen er en slik bok-på tross av budskapet." Kolbert viser at den sjette utryddelsen med all sannsynlighet vil bli menneskehetens mest varige arv, og får oss til å se på verden-og hva det innebærer å være menneske-med nye øyne.

VINNER AV PULITZER-PRISEN 2015, I KATEGORIEN "GENERELL SAKPROSA" KÅRET TIL EN AV ÅRETS 10 BESTE BØKER AV NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW PRESIDENT OBAMAS FERIELEKTYRE EN INTERNASJONAL BESTSELGER En skjellsettende bok om verdens fremtid: Elizabeth Kolberts velbalanserte blanding av idéhistorie, naturhistorie og feltreportasje er en sterk skildring av masseutryddelsen som er i ferd med å skje verden over. I løpet av de siste 500 millioner år har det vært fem masseutryddelser-perioder hvor jordens artsmangfold plutselig og på dramatisk vis ble betraktelig lavere. Forskere over hele verden overvåker nå den sjette utryddelsen, som spås å bli den mest ødeleggende slike hendelsen siden asteroiden som utryddet dinosaurene. Denne gangen er det vi som står for katastrofen. Med en fortellerstil som samtidig er både ærlig, underholdende og svært velinformert, forteller den prisbelønnede vitenskapsjournalisten Elizabeth Kolbert oss her hvorfor og hvordan mennesker har endret livet på jorden på måter som ingen annen art noensinne har gjort. Hun vever sammen forskning gjort i et titalls fagfelt, beskrivelser av fascinerende arter som allerede er gått tapt, og historien bak utryddelse som begrep. Resultatet er en fengslende beretning om det ubegripelige tapet av mangfold som inntreffer like foran øynene på oss. .Det er nesten for galt å si at man blir glad av å lese en bok om artsutryddelse," skriver den kjente biologen Dag Hessen i sitt begeistrede forord til den norske utgaven, .men Den sjette utryddelsen er en slik bok-på tross av budskapet." Kolbert viser at den sjette utryddelsen med all sannsynlighet vil bli menneskehetens mest varige arv, og får oss til å se på verden-og hva det innebærer å være menneske-med nye øyne.

En skelsættende og central bog om verdens fremtid og masseudryddelsen af planetens artsrigdom, der udspiller sig for øjnene af os. I løbet af den sidste halve milliard år har der været fem masseudryddelser, hvor mangfoldigheden af liv på jorden er faldet pludseligt og dramatisk. Forskere verden over registrerer i øjeblikket en sjette udryddelse af arter, der spås til at blive den mest omfattende siden asteroide-nedslaget på Yucatanhalvøen i Mexico for 66 millioner år siden, da dinosaurerne blev udslettet. Men denne gang kommer katastrofen ikke udefra. Det er os, der skaber den: menneskeheden.I Den sjette masseuddøen formidler videnskabsjournalist og forfatter Elizabeth Kolbert feltarbejdet i biodiversitetens frontlinje, som snesevis af forskere inden for et halvt dusin discipliner har foretaget gennem de seneste årtier. Hun tager almindelige læsere med derud, hvor masseudryddelsen er i fuld gang: til bunden af dybhavet, hvor geologerne studerer borekerner og dokumenterer krisen i oceanerne; til trægrænsen, der klatrer højere og højere op ad Andesbjergene til stor bekymring for botanikerne; til Great Barrier Reef, hvor havbiologerne ser livet rinde ud i korallerne. På levende og øjenåbnende vis introducerer Elizabeth Kolbert også læseren til et dusin utrolige arter, som for nogles vedkommende allerede er væk, mens andre står over for udryddelse og kun holdes i live i unaturlige omgivelser, for eksempel den panamanske gyldne tudse, alkefuglen og sumatranæsehornet.Gennem sine beretninger fra felten leverer Kolbert en bevægende beretning om udryddelsen af arter, der finder sted overalt omkring os, og samtidig undersøger hun artsudryddelsens begrebshistorie, fra pioneren Georges Cuvier i Paris i 1800-tallet og frem til i dag, hvor det snart står klart for enhver, at udryddelsen er et faktum, og at menneskeheden bærer et hovedansvar. Det bliver næppe de syv vidundere, månelandingen og internettet, som vil stå tilbage som menneskehedens verdensarv, men den sjette udryddelse. Som Kolbert skriver, tvinger det os til at genoverveje det grundlæggende spørgsmål om, hvad det vil sige at være menneske.Elizabeth Kolbert vandt en Pulitzer Prize for Den sjette masseuddøen, og den er nr. 1 på The Guardians "100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time".

Bibelns ord om att människan skulle lägga jorden under sig och härska över havets fiskar och himlens fåglar och över alla djur som myllrar på jorden har blivit uppfyllda med råge. Människans avtryck på planeten är så påtagliga att vi talar om en ny geologisk tidsålder: antropocen. Ställda inför detta faktum måste vi nu fråga oss: Kan vi förändra naturen ännu mer för att nu rädda den från oss? Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzerprisbelönad författare till Det sjätte utdöendet, ger sig ut på en undersökning av den nya värld vi är i färd att skapa. På sin väg möter hon forskare som försöker rädda världens ovanligast fisk, som lever i ett enda litet vattendrag mitt ute i Mojaveöknen; ingenjörer som omvandlar koldioxidutsläpp till sten på Island; australiska marinbiologer som försöker utveckla en superkorall som kan överleva på en varmare planet; och fysiker som skissar på en plan att skjuta upp mikroskopiska diamanter i stratosfären för att kyla ner jorden. Den mänskliga civilisationen kan betraktas som ett tiotusenårigt trots mot hela naturen. I Det sjätte utdöendet utforskade Elizabeth Kolbert hur vår förmåga att förstöra har omformat hela naturen. Nu undersöker hon hur den sorts mänskliga ingrepp som hittills förstört vår planet ser ut att vara det som kan rädda den. Elizabeth Kolbert berättar på en gång inspirerande och skrämmande och i sin mörkt humoristiska stil om de väldiga utmaningar vi står inför för att rädda planeten vi bor på. Och hur vi snart kanske lever under en vit himmel av diamanter.

A new edition of the book that launched Elizabeth Kolbert's career as an environmental writer--updated with three new chapters, making it, yet again, "irreplaceable" (Boston Globe). Elizabeth Kolbert's environmental classic Field Notes from a Catastrophe first developed out of a groundbreaking, National Magazine Award-winning three-part series in The New Yorker. She expanded it into a still-concise yet richly researched and damning book about climate change: a primer on the greatest challenge facing the world today. But in the years since, the story has continued to develop; the situation has become more dire, even as our understanding grows. Now, Kolbert returns to the defining book of her career. She has added a chapter bringing things up-to-date on the existing text, plus three new chapters--on ocean acidification, the tar sands, and a Danish town that's gone carbon neutral--making it, again, a must-read for our moment.