Elizabeth Kolbert Elizabeth Kolbert

About the Author

Elizabeth Kolbert is an acclaimed American journalist and author renowned for her incisive explorations of environmental crises and human impact on the planet. A staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999, she has reported extensively on climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecological challenges, earning her a Pulitzer Prize for her groundbreaking work. Kolbert's writing combines meticulous research with vivid narrative storytelling, drawing readers into the urgency of global environmental issues. Her debut book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change, published in 2006, brought widespread attention to the realities of global warming through on-the-ground reporting from affected regions. With a background in science journalism from her time at The New York Times, Kolbert continues to influence public discourse on sustainability and conservation through her thoughtful, evidence-based prose.