Nathaniel Rich on Remaking Nature and Living with Uncertainty


New Orleans in Louisiana, United States, and Lake Pontchartrain seen from space.. Image © lavizzara | Shutterstock

New Orleans in Louisiana, United States, and Lake Pontchartrain seen from space.. Image © lavizzara | Shutterstock

This article was originally published on Common Edge

Two years ago, Nathaniel Rich published Losing Earth, his account of the pivotal decade from 1979 to 1989 when the political consensus around climate change somewhat miraculously formed and then collapsed, hardening into an impasse that’s now more than three decades old. Though not explicitly a sequel, Rich’s new book, Second Nature: Scenes From a World Remade, is a follow-up of sorts.

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