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This science writer has seen Earth’s most amazing places. Here’s what she’s learned.


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This science writer has seen Earth’s most amazing places. Here’s what she’s learned.


Apple News In Conversation

Jan 22
Apple News In Conversation

Apple News In Conversation

Jan 22
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New Yorker staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert has been reporting on climate and the environment for more than 25 years. In her work, she captures both the awe-inspiring beauty of the natural world and the unsettling truth about what humans are doing to it. Her...

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In this thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation, Elizabeth Kolbert reflects on decades of environmental reporting—not as a distant observer, but as someone deeply immersed in the front lines of ecological change.
03:03
Caterpillars are essential food for 96% of land-based bird species
05:56
Project SETI aims to decode sperm whale communication using AI
15:11
The Paris Agreement in 2015 was a high-point, but countries have not increased their ambition
18:25
Sea-level rise threatens U.S. coastal cities
21:31
We need to incentivize actions and research for decarbonizing the economy as incentives are currently misaligned

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What are caterpillars telling us about the collapse of ecosystems?
00:00
Can we talk to whales—and should rivers have rights?
05:56
When nature gets legal standing: From theory to real-world courts
12:00
Why U.S. climate policy keeps stumbling—even after breakthrough laws
18:25
How paying attention to the living world changes everything
21:31

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Shumita Basu: This is In Conversation from Apple News. I'm Shumita Basu. Today, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer reflects on what she's learned about our changing planet. Elizabeth Kolbert knows that in order to tell the story of our changing planet...