Copyright © 2021 by Elizabeth Kolbert

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Portions of this work originally appeared in The New Yorker.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kolbert, Elizabeth, author.

Title: Under a white sky / Elizabeth Kolbert.

Description: First edition. | New York: Crown, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020047398 (print) | LCCN 2020047399 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593136270 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593238776 | ISBN 9780593136294 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Nature—Effect of human beings on. | Human ecology. | Environmental protection. | Ecological engineering. | Sustainability.

Classification: LCC GF75 .K65 2021 (print) | LCC GF75 (ebook) | DDC 304.2/8—dc23

LC record available at lccn.loc.gov/​2020047398

LC ebook record available at lccn.loc.gov/​2020047399

Ebook ISBN 9780593136294

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