“If human civilization were to be destroyed and its cities wiped off the map, there would be an easy way for future intelligent life-forms to know when the mid-20th century began: plastic.”

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.