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Short description: 2019 climate change book by Nathaniel Rich

Losing Earth: A Recent History
First edition
AuthorNathaniel Rich
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherMCD/Farrar
Publication date
April 9, 2019
Pages224
ISBN978-0-374-19133-7

Losing Earth: A Recent History (published as Losing Earth: The Decade We Could Have Stopped Climate Change in the UK and Commonwealth markets) is a 2019 book written by Nathaniel Rich.[1] The book is about the existence of scientific evidence for climate change for decades while it was politically denied, and the eventual damage that will occur as a result.[2][3][4] It focuses on the years 1979 to 1989 and US-based scientists, activists, and policymakers including James Hansen, Rafe Pomerance, and Jule Gregory Charney.[5][6]

The story was first published as the August 5, 2018, issue of The New York Times Magazine and later expanded.[7][5] After the article was published, it was announced that the story was in development to be converted into a docuseries that will be distributed on Apple TV+.[8] In January 2026, a feature film based on the book was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics with Tom McCarthy to direct. Production is set to begin in February 2026.[9]

Responses

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Environmentalists including May Boeve criticized the narrative for promoting climate doom and focusing on a small group that they argue is not representative of the broader climate movement.[10] Leah Stokes and others have questioned Rich's framing of who is to blame for the climate crisis; Rich did not emphasize the culpability of the fossil fuel industry or of politicians.[5][10][11]

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In Bookforum, Roy Scranton wrote that "the book is substantially the same as the article" and pointed out its lack of citations.[12] The book received a starred review in Booklist, where it was called "a must-read handbook for everyone concerned about our planet’s future."[13] A review in NPR likened it to "a Greek tragedy."[14] In Nature, Barbara Kiser called it "An eloquent science history, and an urgent eleventh-hour call to save what can be saved."[15]

Losing Earth was published in more than a dozen languages and was named a finalist for the 2020 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gross, Terry (8 April 2019). "'Losing Earth' Explores How Oil Industry Played Politics With The Planet's Fate". NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/04/08/710992579/losing-earth-explores-how-oil-industry-played-politics-with-the-planet-s-fate. 
  2. ↑ Lanchester, John (April 12, 2019). "Two New Books Dramatically Capture the Climate Change Crisis". The New York Times Book Review. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/books/review/david-wallace-wells-uninhabitable-earth-nathaniel-rich-losing-earth.html. Retrieved April 24, 2019. 
  3. ↑ "Losing Earth: A Climate History". January 13, 2019. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nathaniel-rich/losing-earth/. Retrieved April 24, 2019. 
  4. ↑ Frank, Adam (March 25, 2019). "New Climate Books Stress We Are Already Far Down The Road To A Different Earth". https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706499110/new-climate-books-stress-we-are-already-far-down-the-road-to-a-different-earth. Retrieved April 24, 2019. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "A conversation with Nathaniel Rich on "Losing Earth," human inertia and storytelling as "a moral act"" (in en-US). August 11, 2021. https://nieman.harvard.edu/stories/a-conversation-with-nathaniel-rich-on-losing-earth-human-inertia-and-storytelling-as-a-moral-act/. 
  6. ↑ Brand, Yu (April 16, 2019). "Nathaniel Rich's 'Losing Earth' grapples with climate change" (in en-US). https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/nathaniel-richs-losing-earth-grapples-with-climate-change. 
  7. ↑ Rich, Nathaniel (August 1, 2018). "Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html. 
  8. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (August 21, 2018). "Apple Lands TV Rights To Nathaniel Rich's 'Losing Earth' Climate Change Article For Series Produced By Anonymous Content". https://deadline.com/2018/08/apple-lands-rights-to-nathaniel-richs-losing-earth-climate-change-article-for-tv-anonymous-content-1202449158/. Retrieved August 21, 2018. 
  9. ↑ Grobar, Matt (January 16, 2026). "Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Climate Change Conference Movie From Tom McCarthy". Deadline Hollywood. https://deadline.com/2026/01/new-tom-mccarthy-movie-acquired-sony-pictures-classics-1236685494/. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Readers Respond to the 8.5.18 Issue" (in en-US). The New York Times. August 16, 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/magazine/readers-respond-to-the-8-518-issue.html. 
  11. ↑ Meyer, Robinson (August 1, 2018). "The Problem With The New York Times' Big Story on Climate Change" (in en). https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/nyt-mag-nathaniel-rich-climate-change/566525/. 
  12. ↑ "Wonk Quixote" (in en-US). https://www.bookforum.com/print/2601/nathaniel-rich-s-climate-change-fairy-tale-20847. 
  13. ↑ Losing Earth: A Recent History, by By Nathaniel Rich. | Booklist Online. http://www.booklistonline.com/Losing-Earth-A-Recent-History-By-Nathaniel-Rich/pid=9715061. 
  14. ↑ Frank, Adam (March 25, 2019). "New Climate Books Stress We Are Already Far Down The Road To A Different Earth" (in en). NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706499110/new-climate-books-stress-we-are-already-far-down-the-road-to-a-different-earth. 
  15. ↑ Kiser, Barbara (2019). "The climate revolution that almost was, the science of magic, and sleep disorders examined: Books in brief". Nature 568 (7750): 31. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01036-6. Bibcode: 2019Natur.568...31K. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01036-6. 
  16. ↑ "Frans de Waal's "Mama's Last Hug" Receives the 2020 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award - E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation". March 11, 2020. https://eowilsonfoundation.org/news-posts/frans-de-waals-mamas-last-hug-receives-the-2020-pen-e-o-wilson-literary-science-writing-award/. 



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