Under a White Sky Summary
Elizabeth Kolbert

Under a White Sky Overview

Elizabeth Kolbert's Under a White Sky: the Nature of the Future presents a journalistic approach to the twenty-first century climate crisis. Kolbert organizes the text into three sections, "Down the River," "Into the Wild," and "Up in the Air." This formal approach guides the reader through Kolbert's explorations of global waters, lands, and skies. Throughout the text, Kolbert simultaneously interrogates humans' negative impact on nature and the possibility that humans might mitigate such destruction. The text explores themes including, fragility, control, and technology.