Zoë Schlanger
NY Review of Books
New York, United States
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Pandemic Journal
A running series of brief dispatches by New York Review writers documenting the coronavirus outbreak with regular updates from around the world, including George Weld in Brooklyn, Nilanjana Roy in New Delhi, Ursula Lindsey in Amman, Zoë Schlanger in Brooklyn, Dominique Eddé in Beirut, Lucy McKeon in Brooklyn, Yiyun Li in Princeton, Caitlin L. Chandler in Berlin, Nick Laird in Kerhonkson, Alma… → Read More
Yes, there’s microplastic in the snow
The plastic is blowing in the wind. → Read More
A documentary that will never let you see plastic the same way again
It's hard to understand the full lifecycle of a material we touch and use every day. This helps. → Read More
The world plans to fix climate change with carbon credits. But do they work?
Carbon credits often get funneled to specific tree-planting projects. But it’s very hard to make sure those new trees don't disappear. → Read More
Reusable plastic shopping bags are actually making the problem worse, not better
UK supermarkets are handing out more plastic now, not less. → Read More
At the Madrid climate talks, carbon offsets—and the future of the planet—are on the table
One of the main matters of debate will be setting rules for carbon markets, one of the few internationally coordinated efforts to contain climate change. → Read More
The UN all but admits we will probably pass the 1.5°C point of no return
We've been moving in the wrong direction for years. → Read More
New York City is flooding subway entrances to prepare for climate change
It took one New Yorker by surprise. → Read More
More than half of US toxic sites are in the path of climate change destruction
And the agency in charge of their safety is doing little about it. → Read More
A superfund site in Montana sold sandwich bags of hazardous waste as souvenirs
The government just noticed. → Read More
Psychologists from 40 countries pledged to use their jobs to address climate change
The climate crisis has major mental-health impacts. Psychologists want to do something about it. → Read More
Europe is importing fracked gas from the US to make new plastic
A new plastic production plant in Europe would make around one million tons of plastic a year. → Read More
An environmental expert’s strategy for unwrapping our plastic recycling crisis
Judith Enck worked behind the scenes on plastic in the government for decades. Now, she’s working to change it from the outside. → Read More
Can design help break our addiction to single-use plastic?
Design made disposable consumer culture possible, but it’s also the tool that can get us out of it. → Read More
The world is stuck with decades of new plastic it can’t recycle
Plastic is the substrate of modern life, and the planet is paying for it → Read More
Dramatically change society to curb climate change or drown in higher sea levels, warns a new UN report
Failure to dramatically reshape “all aspects of society” in order to curb warming will spell devastation. → Read More
Sea creatures are moving towards the poles at a rate of 32 miles per decade
Thanks to climate change, says a UN report. → Read More
Sea level rise will flood the neighborhood around the UN building with two degrees warming
By 2100, a building devoted to international cooperation across borders will likely be isolated by a moat. → Read More
The global demand for palm oil is driving the fires in Indonesia
Palm oil is in your infant formula, chips, and shampoo. Developers are lighting forests on fire to produce more of it. → Read More
250 million people rely on the Nile for water that may not exist by 2080
The river may not be able to support future populations, thanks to climate change. → Read More