Eric Holthaus
About Eric Holthaus
Eric Holthaus is a meteorologist and staff writer for Grist, covering climate science, policy, and solutions. He has previously written for the Wall Street Journal, Slate, and a variety of other publications.
Batteries are key to clean energy — and they just got much cheaper
Battery technology is ahead of schedule, opening the door for storing renewable energies. Soon, renewables might rival gas and oil in affordabilty.
Our planet just set a scary new carbon dioxide record
Our planet’s level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached a new, jarring record last month. 411.66 parts per million. What was shocking was that it occurred so early in the year: Earth’s carbon dioxide levels typically peak in May...
To Fear or Not to Fear? A Conversation Between David Wallace-Wells and Eric Holthaus
David Wallace-Wells and Eric Holthaus discuss telling stories about the end of the world, facing climate fears, and finding hope in the face of doomsday studies.
John McCain was an American climate hero, too
Dozens of epitaphs written over the weekend proclaim the late U.S. Senator John McCain as an American hero, writes Eric Holthaus. But history may miss one of his greatest achievements: His decades-long call for climate action.
Terrified by ‘hothouse Earth’? Don’t despair — do something
A team of international researchers released what looks like a blueprint for catastrophe this week. On our current path, they warned, humanity might push the planet into an entirely new, hellish equilibrium, unseen since before the emergence of our species millions of years ago.
For 400 months in a row, our planet has been unusually hot
Our overheating planet just reached another staggering — maybe even astronomical — new milestone.
Humans didn’t exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air
The last time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were this high, millions of years ago, the planet was very different. For one, humans didn’t exist.