Eric Holthaus

I’m a meteorologist who strives to foster humanity’s connection to the atmosphere. I’m a writer who seeks to change the narrative of the climate emergency away from dystopia toward courageous, imaginative possibility. I’m an ecosocialist who believes that a better world is possible. The weather has helped make us who we are, and now it’s time to remake our world into one centered on justice and life. We’re in this together.

**My first book, THE FUTURE EARTH, is available now.**

I’m a climate journalist and founder of The Phoenix, a publication devoted to radical change.

I’m a meteorologist and founder of Currently, a weather service for the climate emergency.

Available for media appearances, collaboration, and scheming to change the world.

Email: sciencebyericholthaus@gmail.com

Signal/WhatsApp: 316.295.8947

Bluesky: @ericholthaus.com

Newsletters:

The Phoenix (monthly worldbuilding towards a post-capitalist zero carbon future)

Currently on Earth (weekly trauma-informed commentary on weather and climate)

Accolades:

“America’s weather-predicting boyfriend” –The Awl

“The Rebel Nerd of Meteorology” –Rolling Stone

“A respected climate journalist” – Rebecca Solnit

“The internet’s favorite meteorologist” –Jason Kottke

“One of our generation’s finest climate communicators” –Jason Hickel

“A meteorologist for the millennial generation” –Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Alumni Magazine

“One of the country’s most important and influential writers on climate change” –Grist

“Accurate, alarmist, insightful, sound reasoning” –Climate Feedback

“Kook…Sniveling beta-male…dweeb…drama queen” –Fox News

Features: CJR, BuzzFeed, Rolling Stone, the Guardian, Washington Post, Good Magazine, Motherboard, The Verge, Smithsonian Magazine, digg, Wired, Columbia University, Mpls St Paul Magazine

Quotes: Washington Post, USA Today, Reuters, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, National Geographic, The Weather Channel, NY Mag, NY Times, ThinkProgress, Climate Central, Atlas Obscura, Undark, The Independent, New Scientist, Ars Technica, Twitter.com/BarackObama

Podcast: Still Processing—New York Times, Delete Your Account, Sounds Good, WeatherBrains

Audio: WNYC’s On the Media, NPR’s All Things Considered, NPR’s 1A, NPR’s Here and Now, PRI’s The World, PRI’s Science Friday, BBC World Service, CBC (Canada)

Video: CNN, MSNBC, WSJ Live, Cheddar, CTV (Canada), NDTV (India), Democracy Now

The Correspondent

Sep. 30, 2019: Climate change is about how we treat each other

Oct. 4, 2019: To fly or not to fly

Nov. 21, 2019: On doing enough

Dec. 3, 2019: Meet Julian Brave NoiseCat – the 26-year-old shaping US climate policy

Jan. 8, 2020: In 2030, we ended the climate emergency. Here’s how

Jan. 14, 2020: Through song, passion, and protest, Varshini Prakash’s Sunrise Movement is changing US climate politics

Feb. 1, 2020: Why Bernie Sanders is the best climate candidate in the US (and four voting tips for climate action)

March 5, 2020: No, the coronavirus is not good for the climate

FiveThirtyEight

Mar. 23, 2016: When Will The World Really Be 2 Degrees Hotter Than It Used To Be?

Oct. 7, 2016: Wind Speed Alone Isn’t The Best Way To Measure A Weird Hurricane Like Matthew

Grist

Jul. 10, 2017: Stop scaring people about climate change. It doesn’t work.

Sep. 28, 2017: Puerto Ricans are living climate change right now. Here’s how they describe it.

Nov. 21, 2017: Ice Apocalypse

Dec. 5, 2017: Bitcoin could cost us our clean energy future

Dec. 18, 2017: Let it go: The Arctic will never be frozen again

Jan. 5, 2018: Heartbroken scientists lament the likely loss of ‘most of the world’s coral reefs’

March 8, 2018: Up in Smoke: Trees are dying at unprecedented rates. Can we rethink conservation before it’s too late?

April 3, 2018: Beneath the Ice: Exclusive photos show the hidden lives of minke whales in a warming Antarctica

May 2, 2018: The water war that will decide the fate of 1 in 8 Americans

May 3, 2018: Humans didn’t exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air

May 29, 2018: Hurricane Maria was so much worse than we thought

June 27, 2018: With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory, Congress will likely gain a new climate champion

Aug. 22, 2018: The 1.5 Generation

Oct. 8, 2018: U.N. climate report shows civilization is at stake if we don’t act now

Oct. 15, 2018: If you’re suffering from climate grief, you’re not alone

Nov. 15, 2018: The bizarre and frightening conditions that sparked the Camp Fire

Feb. 7, 2019: The Green New Deal is an opportunity for America to get right with the world

March 2, 2019: To fear or not to fear?

March 19, 2019: Cyclone Idai lays bare the fundamental injustice of climate change

May 2, 2019: Lawns are the No. 1 irrigated ‘crop’ in America. They need to die.

Mother Jones

Feb. 22, 2017: “We Will Never Stop”: An EPA Employee Blasts the Trump Administration

Motherboard

Oct. 29, 2015: Hypercane (fiction)

The New Yorker

Sep. 22, 2016: How the Reaction to Trump Could Be Good for the Climate

Newsweek

Aug. 21, 2016: Why Obama Must Pay Attention to the Louisiana Floods

Pacific Standard

Aug. 12, 2016: America’s Latest 500-Year Rainstorm is Underway Right Now in Louisiana

Aug. 16, 2016: Bracing Ourselves for the Climate Tipping Point

Jan. 25, 2017: Trump’s Attacks on Science Represent a National Security Threat

Mar. 16, 2017: Climate Change has “Permanently” Changed the Great Barrier Reef

Jun. 20, 2017: The Science Behind Arizona’s Record-Setting Heat Wave

Politico

Aug. 28, 2017: Harvey is What Climate Change Looks Like

Quartz

Sep. 27, 2013: The world’s best scientists agree: On our current path, global warming is irreversible—and getting worse

Oct. 1, 2013: Why I’m never flying again

Nov. 10, 2013: How to fix global warming before it’s too late

Dec. 20, 2013: The only way to stop climate change now may be revolution

Rolling Stone

Aug. 5, 2015: The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares are Already Here

Slate

Feb. 19, 2014: Available for a Limited Time Only

Mar. 11, 2014: The Thirsty West: Can Tucson Survive Climate Change?

Aug. 7, 2014: The National Weather Service Should Be Replaced by Gawker

Aug. 20, 2014: Why I’m a Climate Change Alarmist

Sep. 23, 2014: This Climate Change Poem Moved World Leaders to Tears Today

Mar. 30, 2015: Of Daisies and the Robot Apocalypse

May 14, 2015: Huge El Niño Becoming More Likely in 2015

Sep. 1, 2015: Despite His Climate Change Promises, Obama Is Basically Running a Petrostate

Sep. 10, 2015: The Battle for the Weather Channel Is Over, and the Weather Nerds Won

Nov. 14, 2015: Bernie Is Absolutely Right: Climate Change Makes Terrorism Worse

Dec. 12, 2015: Paris Agreement Ushers in End of the Fossil Fuel Era

Dec. 24, 2015: This Freakishly Warm, Totally Wrong Christmas Eve Weather, Explained

Feb. 20, 2016: Cyclone Winston, Strongest Southern Hemisphere Storm in History, Hits Fiji

Mar. 22, 2016: James Hansen’s Bombshell Climate Warning Is Now Part of the Scientific Canon

Mar. 25, 2016: What Do Trump Supporters Think About Climate Change? I Went to a Rally and Asked.

Nov. 9, 2016: All Is Not Lost on Climate Change

Nov. 14, 2016: The Kids Suing the Government Over Climate Change Are Our Best Hope Now

ThinkProgress

Apr. 12, 2016: The Largest Coral Atoll In The World Lost 80 Percent Of Its Coral To Bleaching

Vice

Mar. 5, 2015: Should Climate Change Stop Us from Having Babies?

The Wall Street Journal

Feb. 2, 2012: Growing Warmer, Growing Earlier

Oct. 25, 2012: Weather Journal: Not Your Average NYC Hurricane Threat

Feb. 6, 2013: Weather Journal: Snowstorm of Uncertainty Nears

Washington Post

Nov. 28, 2012: Department of Homeland Security may review Superstorm Sandy warnings

Dec. 3, 2012: Weather Service draws fire for halting Sandy review panel; agency cites regulations

Oct. 17, 2014: ‘Storm Surge’ by Adam Sobel, ‘Superstorm’ by Kathryn Miles, on Hurricane Sandy

Dec. 13, 2016: Why I’m trying to preserve federal climate data before Trump takes office

Sep 12, 2018: Climate change wrought this freak of nature

July 9, 2019: Trump’s ‘environmental leadership’ is sending us to a climate disaster

YouTube

Jan. 6, 2014: Boiling water vs. extreme cold