David Wallace-Wells

@dwallacewells

Writer @nytopinion and columnist @NYTmag. Newsletter on climate and the messy future (tinyurl.com/dwwnyt). Author of The Uninhabitable Earth.

nytimes.com/newsletters/da… Joined March 2011

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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells Jan 9, 2019

Next month, @timdugganbooks will publish my big climate book, The Uninhabitable Earth, in which I try to take a very broad, and very long, view of the state of the climate crisis and all the ways it promises to transform how we live on this planet—all of us. (1/x)

Crown Publishing Verified account @CrownPublishing Jan 9, 2019

“David Wallace-Wells has produced a willfully terrifying polemic that reads like a cross between @StephenKing and Stephen Hawking.” @Andrew_Solomon on #TheUninhabitableEarth by @dwallacewells, out 2/19/19: prh.com/theuninhabitab… @timdugganbooks

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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells 13h

“The high overshoot expected under current policies—with peak temperatures of about 3C–would thaw nearly all near-surface permafrost, make ‘severe and possibly abrupt’ disruption to ocean circulation likely, and lead to widespread acidification.” theguardian.com/science/2026/n…

www.theguardian.com Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn UN-backed report finds even temporary rises above Paris agreement target could cause harm to glaciers and polar ice sheets

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells 14h

It’s a much bluer country than almost anyone wants to acknowledge.

Nate Silver Verified account @NateSilver538 14h

If Mississippi gets called for Colom, Democrats will have won an election to the U.S. Senate in 43 distinct states since 2008. Republicans are at 35, by comparison.
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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells 15h

Yes yes

Julian Brave NoiseCat Verified account @jnoisecat 15h

Actual progressive and moderate politicians have shown they can work together so many times since at least the 2020 Bernie-Biden task force. The problem is that social media incentivizes influencers and media to dig into conflict and controversy to drive attention and engagement.
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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells 17h

Democrats won the biggest and more decisive midterm victory in fifty years. They’re going to end up with more House seats than Republicans have had at any point since the Great Depression.

Zachary Donnini Verified account @ZacharyDonnini 18h

U.S. House Democrats cleaned up and won all 227 seats that were less Republican than Trump+9. They also won 30 of 66 seats in the Trump+9 to Trump+18 range, extending deep into the mass of gerrymandered seats.

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