“And since plastic does not naturally degrade, the billions of tons sitting in landfills, floating in the oceans or piling up on city streets will provide a marker if later civilizations ever want to classify our era.”

American environmental journalist and author

Tatiana Schlossberg is an American environmental journalist and author. She worked as a science and climate reporter for The New York Times and wrote for publications including The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and Bloomberg News. She is known for reporting on science and climate, and for her 2019 book, Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have. Her work focuses on environmental questions and the hidden effects of everyday consumption.