¡°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)