"Riveting . . .
Under a White Sky expertly mixes travelogue, science reporting and explanatory journalism."
--The Washington Post "To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth, you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert. . . . It's a tribute to Kolbert's skills as a storyteller that she transforms the quest to deal with the climate crisis into a darkly comic tale of human hubris and imagination that could either end in flames or in a new vision of Paradise."
--Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone "A superb and honest reflection of our extraordinary time."
--Nature "[
Under a White Sky] exhibits Kolbert's sculptor-like skill for making climate change feel tangible, happening before our eyes and beneath our fingers."
--Wired "What makes
Under A White Sky so valuable and such a compelling read is Kolbert tells by showing. Without beating the reader over the head, she makes it clear how far we already are from a world of undisturbed, perfectly balanced nature--and how far we must still go to find a new balance for the planet's future that still has us humans in it."
--NPR "From the Mojave to lava fields in Iceland, Kolbert takes readers on a globe-spanning journey to explore these projects while weighing their pros, cons, and ethical implications."
--The Nation "Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's beat is examining the impact of humans on the environment and she does it better than basically everyone."
--Lit Hub "An eye-opening--and at times terrifying--examination of just how far scientists have already gone in their attempts to re-engineer the planet."
--Gizmodo "If you like your apocalit with a side of humor, she will have you laughing while Rome burns."
--MIT Technology Review "Brilliantly executed and urgently necessary."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A master elucidator, Kolbert is gratifyingly direct as she assesses our predicament between a rock and a hard place, creating a clarion and invaluable 'book about people trying to solve problems created by people trying to solve problems.'"
--Booklist (starred review) "Every paragraph of Kolbert's books has a mountain of reading and reporting behind it . . . Urgent, absolutely necessary reading as a portrait of our devastated planet."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A tale not of magic-bullet remedies where maybe this time things will be different when we intervene in nature, but rather of deploying a panoply of strategies big and small in hopes that there is still time to make a difference and atone for our past. A sobering and realistic look at humankind's perhaps misplaced faith that technology can work with nature to produce a more livable planet."
--Library Journal (starred review)
