Losing Earth

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{{short description|2019 climate change book by Nathaniel Rich}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Losing Earth: A Recent History

| image = Losing Earth.jpg

| border = yes

| caption = First edition

| author = Nathaniel Rich

| language = English

| country = United States

| genre = Non-fiction

| publisher = MCD/Farrar

| pub_date = April 9, 2019

| pages = 224

| isbn = 978-0-374-19133-7

}}

Losing Earth: A Recent History (published as Losing Earth: The Decade We Could Have Stopped Climate Change in the UK and Commonwealth markets) is a 2019 book written by Nathaniel Rich. The book is about the existence of scientific evidence for climate change for decades while it was politically denied, and the eventual damage that will occur as a result.{{cite web

|last = Lanchester

|first = John

|title =Two New Books Dramatically Capture the Climate Change Crisis

|work = The New York Times Book Review

|date = April 12, 2019

|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/books/review/david-wallace-wells-uninhabitable-earth-nathaniel-rich-losing-earth.html

|accessdate = April 24, 2019

}}{{cite web

|title =Losing Earth: A Climate History

|website = Kirkus Reviews

|date = January 13, 2019

|url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nathaniel-rich/losing-earth/

|accessdate = April 24, 2019

}}{{cite web

|last = Frank

|first = Adam

|title =New Climate Books Stress We Are Already Far Down The Road To A Different Earth

|website = National Public Radio

|date = March 25, 2019

|url = https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706499110/new-climate-books-stress-we-are-already-far-down-the-road-to-a-different-earth

|accessdate = April 24, 2019

}} It focuses on the years 1979 to 1989 and US-based scientists, activists, and policymakers including James Hansen, Rafe Pomerance, and Jule Gregory Charney.{{Cite web |title=A conversation with Nathaniel Rich on "Losing Earth," human inertia and storytelling as "a moral act" |url=https://nieman.harvard.edu/stories/a-conversation-with-nathaniel-rich-on-losing-earth-human-inertia-and-storytelling-as-a-moral-act/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Nieman Foundation |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Brand |first=Yu |date=April 16, 2019|title=Nathaniel Rich's 'Losing Earth' grapples with climate change |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/nathaniel-richs-losing-earth-grapples-with-climate-change |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide |language=en-US}}

The story was first published as the August 5, 2018, issue of The New York Times Magazine and later expanded.{{Cite news |last=Rich |first=Nathaniel |date=August 1, 2018 |title=Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html |access-date=2022-05-13 |issn=0362-4331}} After the article was published, it was announced that the story was in development to be converted into a docuseries that will be distributed on Apple TV+.{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |last2=Petski |first2=Denise |title=Apple Lands TV Rights To Nathaniel Rich's 'Losing Earth' Climate Change Article For Series Produced By Anonymous Content |url= https://deadline.com/2018/08/apple-lands-rights-to-nathaniel-richs-losing-earth-climate-change-article-for-tv-anonymous-content-1202449158/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=August 21, 2018 |date=August 21, 2018}}