European eels are imperiled by warming, pollution, disease, fishing, and river dams.

To save the iconic eel, a staple of European cuisine, scientists are calling for a total ban on fishing.
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Many thanks to PBS NewsHour and William Brangham!

.Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book 'Climate Change - from ‘A to Z’' tackles the complex topics surrounding our warming planet.

“The goal of the book ... was to break the story down into pieces and put it back together again,” she told William Brangham.

Eels are at once a familiar part of European cuisine and a mystery to everyone who has studied them.

No one has ever seen eels reproducing in the wild — or learned to breed them on farms, a fact that is now hindering their conservation.
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This is stunning, and not in a good way:

The U.S.'s response to bird flu in cows is a disaster in the making: wapo.st/4drdK0T

If you've ever had trouble explaining to people why climate change is not just important but *urgent*, this video with some old guy might be useful.

Many thanks to Los Angeles Review of Books. It's always a pleasure to speak with the great @BillMcKibben: lareviewofbooks.org/article/d-is-f…

Happy #EarthDay ! Listen to an excerpt of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert’s #HIsForHope , an A-to-Z guide to the history of climate change & the pressing need for action, read by Eunice Wong with the author! Get your copy: bit.ly/3Jf0qif. CC: Simon & Schuster

Join me for 'E is for #EarthDay , H is for Hope' on #SustainWhat LIVE TODAY at noon Eastern with journalists Bill Weir, Elizabeth Kolbert & illustrator Wesley Allsbrook to discuss their books and the challenges of storytelling in the 'A is for Anthropocene.' No signup. Just watch…

Diego picked H is for Hope by Elisabeth Kolbert Elizabeth Kolbert “A refreshing and thought-provoking book that doesn’t shy away from the obvious. A fun and entertaining approach on an often overly wordy topic.”
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Can someone please explain to me how an appeal for money from America First Legal got into my feed? I know the algorithms on this site are broken, but still…

Are we living in the Anthropocene? My take on the 'epic row' over a new epoch: newyorker.com/news/the-weeke…

“The sad truth is this is not the new normal. This is on the way to the unknown.”washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Merrily we roll along ...

Data centers suck so much energy they're keeping old coal plants open. Piece doesn't mention AI, but it should have, because that is going to further drive up power demand.wapo.st/3JnJmGI

Thrilled to announce that the 10th anniversary edition of 'The Sixth Extinction' is now out, with a new epilogue on insects. You can listen to an excerpt here:

Good to see so many groups taking greenwashers to court, via Somini Sengupta🥭: nytimes.com/2024/04/12/cli…

Many thanks to Bill McKibben and Northshire Bookstore for a great conversation last night! Support your local independent bookstore!

“An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem”

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