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In her latest book, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert dissects the unrelenting logic of the ‘Anthropocene’.

2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #8 Posted on 20 February 2021 by John Hartz A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Feb 14, 2021 through Sat, Feb 20, 2021 Editor's Choice Q&A: Is Elizabeth Kolbert’s New Book a Hopeful Look at the Promise of Technology, or a Cautionary Tale? The Pulitzer Prize-winning author calls “Under a White Sky” a “logical sequel” to her 2014 bestseller, “The Sixth Extinction.”   Elizabeth Kolbert's new book "Under A White Sky: The Nature of the Future"...

21 Best Books to Read This Spring 2021 On 02/19/21 at 2:58 PM EST The end of winter and the beginning of spring is a fickle time, weather-wise. You might see snow, rain or sun on any given day. But whether you're curling up in front of a cozy fire or catching some rare rays of sunshine on a park bench, you can depend on good books to keep you company. Looking for a small-town feel-good love story, a hair-raising thriller about the subject of a true-crime podcast, inside looks at two famous first ladies, the history of how a famous publishing ...

“The Nature of the Future: Elizabeth Kolbert in Conversation,” from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 23

. In Australia, scientists collect buckets of coral sperm, mixing one species with another in an attempt to create a new “super coral” that can withstand rising temperatures and acidifying seas. In Nevada, scientists nurse a tiny colony of one-inch long “Devil’s Hole pupfish” in an uncomfortably hot, Styrofoam-molded pool. And in Massachusetts, Harvard University scientists research injecting chemicals into the atmosphere to dim the sun’s light—and slow down the runaway pace of global warming. Under a White Sky, a global exploration of the ways that humanity is attempting to eng...