Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change

Elizabeth Kolbert traveled the high Arctic visiting top scientists to get at the heart of the debate over global warming. Field Notes from a Catastrophe, the best-selling book based on her findings, asks what can be done to save our planet. She draws parallels to lost civilizations, separates science from politics, and speaks for the people most immediately affected-those living near the poles. Kolbert was a reporter for The New York Times for 15 years before joining The New Yorker in 1999, where she covers climate change and writes profiles. Winner of a 2010 National Magazine Award and the Sierra Club's 2011 David R. Brower Award, she is currently at work on a new book about mass extinctions that will weave intellectual and natural history with reporting in the field.