David Wallace-Wells Explained

David Wallace-Wells
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Alma Mater:Brown University
Occupation:Journalist
Notable Works:The Uninhabitable Earth
Children:2

David Wallace-Wells (born 1982)[1] is an American journalist known for his writings on climate change. He wrote the 2017 essay "The Uninhabitable Earth;" the essay was published in New York as a long-form article and was the most-read article in the history of the magazine.[2] [3] Wells later expanded the article into a 2019 book of the same title. At the time, he was the Deputy Editor of New York Magazine and covered the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic extensively. He was hired in March 2022 by The New York Times to write a weekly newsletter and contribute to The New York Times Magazine.[4]

Early life and education

David Wallace-Wells was born in 1982 in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, and then spent his later childhood and teenage years in Riverdale.[5] His maternal grandparents were German Jews who fled Nazi Germany in 1939.[6] [7] His father was an academic and his mother worked as a kindergarten teacher in East Harlem.[5] His brother, Benjamin Wallace-Wells, is a staff writer for the New Yorker.

Wallace-Wells attended the University of Chicago for one year and then transferred to, and then graduated from, Brown University in 2004 with a degree in history.

He is married to Risa Needleman.[8] The couple has two daughters.[9] They live in downtown Manhattan.

Career

Wallace-Wells is currently on staff at thew New York Times with a weekly Opinion newsletter and monthly long-form essays in the New York Times Magazine. His work has appeared in New York magazine, where he was the Deputy Editor for many years.[10] [11] He also writes for The Guardian.[12] He was a 2019 National Fellow at New America.[13] On July 17, 2019, Wallace-Wells appeared on an episode of The Doctor's Farmacy, a video produced by functional medicine practitioner Mark Hyman.[14]

Climate writing

Since 2017, Wallace-Wells has written extensively about climate change in New York magazine. He has said that he is optimistic about the earth's environmental future, but he remains cautious. He has said that no matter the degree of environmental damage, "it will always be the case that the next decade could contain more warming, and more suffering, or less warming and less suffering."[15]

His best known work is "The Uninhabitable Earth", an article published July 9, 2017 in New York magazine.[16] The essay received mixed to negative criticism from many scientists,[17] [18] but was considered an impactful work by some reviewers.[19] [20] Wallace-Wells later turned the work into a full-length book of the same name, published in 2019. Both works are characterized by speculation regarding climate change's potential to dramatically impact human life, which Wallace-Wells describes in "meticulous and terrifying detail."[21]

Writing in The Guardian in 2021, Wallace‑Wells argues that the scale of climate change adaptation required globally is unprecedented. Indeed, Wallace‑Wells opines that "the world's vanguard infrastructure is failing in today's climate, which is the most benign we will ever see again".[22]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. dwallacewells. 1262411576579153923. But, at least for someone. of my generation (born 1982). David Wallace-Wells.
  2. Mann. Michael. The 'Doomed Earth' Controversy. Wallace-Wells. David. March 31, 2018. Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. November 20, 2017. Michael E. Mann. David Wallace-Wells. Hotz. Robert Lee.
  3. News: Miller. Laura. 26 July 2017. What Kind of Novel Do You Write When You Believe Civilization Is Doomed?. en. Slate Magazine. "'The Uninhabitable Earth,' the most-read story in New York magazine’s history". 23 May 2020.
  4. Web site: 2022-03-24 . David Wallace-Wells Joining Times Opinion and The Times Magazine . 2022-04-11 . The New York Times Company . en-US.
  5. News: 2019-11-06. Climat : le scénario apocalyptique de David Wallace-Wells. fr. Le Monde.fr. 2021-12-31.
  6. Web site: Bronx-born 'climate diviner' David Wallace-Wells explains his hyphenated background. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170715120455/http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/bronx-born-climate-diviner-david-wallace-wells-explains-his-hyphenated-background/ . 2017-07-15 . 2021-06-27. blogs.timesofisrael.com. en.
  7. News: 2005-06-19. Paid Notice: Deaths WALLACE, BERT H. (BERTHOLD WALLACH). en-US. The New York Times. 2021-12-30. 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: New York Magazine's Sex Lives Podcast: The Couple That Shares a Toothbrush. 19 August 2016. www.thecut.com. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181114002104/https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/couple-that-shares-a-toothbrush.html . 2018-11-14 . 2019-09-26.
  9. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opinion/climate-change-should-you-have-kids.html Wallace-Wells is a father of two
  10. Web site: Most recent articles by David Wallace-Wells. New York Magazine. en. 2019-06-23.
  11. Web site: On the Cover: What Climate Change Has in Store for Los Angeles. New York Magazine. 13 May 2019 . en. 2019-06-23.
  12. News: The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells – review. Haskell. David George. 2019-02-17. The Guardian. 2019-02-19. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  13. Web site: David Wallace-Wells. New America. en. 2019-05-25.
  14. Hyman, Mark, Why Climate Change is Worse Than You Think, The Doctor's Farmacy, Episode 63, July 17, 2019
  15. Web site: The Cautious Case for Climate Optimism (From a Climate Alarmist). Wallace-Wells. David. 2019-02-04. Intelligencer. en. 2019-05-25.
  16. Web site: The Uninhabitable Earth. Wallace-Wells. David. July 10, 2017. New York Magazine. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181011193555/http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html . 2018-10-11 .
  17. Web site: Scientists explain what New York Magazine article on "The Uninhabitable Earth" gets wrong. 2017-07-12. Climate Feedback. en-US. 2019-09-07.
  18. News: Scientists challenge magazine story about 'uninhabitable Earth'. en-US. Washington Post. 2021-12-31. 0190-8286.
  19. Web site: It is absolutely time to panic about climate change. Illing. Sean. Feb 24, 2019. Vox. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190222183458/https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/2/22/18188562/climate-change-david-wallace-wells-the-uninhabitable-earth . 2019-02-22 .
  20. Web site: Drum. Kevin. Our approach to climate change isn't working. Let's try something else.. 2021-12-31. Mother Jones. en-US.
  21. News: Szalai. Jennifer. 2019-03-06. In 'The Uninhabitable Earth,' Apocalypse Is Now. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-12-31. 0362-4331.
  22. News: Wallace-Wells . David . Adapt or die. That is the stark challenge to living in the new world we have made . 1 August 2021 . The Guardian . London, United Kingdom . 0261-3077 . 2021-08-01.
  23. Web site: Can David Wallace-Wells Scare Us Into Addressing Climate Change?. 2019-02-15. Slate Magazine. en. 2019-02-19.
  24. Kiser. Barbara. 2019-02-13. The shadow side of sport, cosmic cataclysms, and human culture underground: Books in brief. Nature. EN. 566. 7743. 179. 10.1038/d41586-019-00520-3. 2019Natur.566..179K. 61156470. free.
  25. Web site: 'Uninhabitable Earth' Spotlights 3 Climate Change Misunderstandings. NPR.org. en. 2019-02-19.

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