Nathaniel Rich

The world came within a few signatures of major global agreement to combat climate change — decades ago. What happened? 

Lousianna is sinking into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of about a football field every day. That’s equivalent to a space the size of Central Park disappearing each month.

Nathaniel Rich talks about his new novel, Odds Against Tomorrow. It’s set in New York City in the near future and follows Mitchell Zukor, a gifted young mathematician hired by a mysterious new financial consulting firm, FutureWorld, to calculate worst-case scenarios in intricate detail.

Nearly 25 years ago, a young marine biologist stumbled upon a jellyfish that refused to die. They jellyfish would age, but when it became sick or suffered an injury, it would age in r...