Field Notes

Living on Earth

New Yorker staff writer, Elizabeth Kolbert, has been called the “Rachel Carson of global warming.” She’s been reporting on the issue since her series first ran in the New Yorker last year. Now she’s turned the knowledge she’s gained in the field into a new book: “Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.” She speaks with Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman.

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