Culture | The end of normal

A terrifying look at the consequences of climate change

But David Wallace-Wells is optimistic about humans’ ability to reverse some of the damage

The unbearable hotness of being

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. By David Wallace-Wells. Tim Duggan Books; 320 pages; $27. Allen Lane; £20.

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