the nature of the future elizabeth kolbert

A NPR review described the book as 'tell by showing. The Washington Post praised it for 'expertly mix travelogue, science reporting and explanatory journalism, all with the authority of a writer confident enough to acknowledge ambiguity.' The New York Times review focused on how the book explores the ambiguities of our current environmental crisis.

Reception of the book was generally positive. Throughout the book she explores how a technological fix for one problem can lead to further problems while also acknowledging the important role those technologies might play. The title refers to the most extreme climate change mitigation strategy, solar geoengineering, designed to reflect sunlight from the earth.

Under a White Sky is focused on the various kinds of environmental crises created by the Anthropocene and different degrees of technological solutions available to humanity to address them – while also being critical of full-blown techno-solutionism. The book follows many of the themes she explored in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future is a 2021 environmental book by Elizabeth Kolbert.

The nature of the future elizabeth kolbert