Elijah Wolfson

Elijah Wolfson is an editorial director at TIME, where he oversees climate change, health, and science coverage. He has written on topics ranging from the shifting language of climate change and the U.S. COVID-19 response to cultural analysis of books, film, and television. His work has been recognized for awards by the National Association of Science Writers and the Columbia School of Journalism, among others.

Recent Articles

What to Make of VinFast's Wild Week On Wall Street

EV-maker VinFast lost some $90 billion in market value since Aug. 28, but it still remains one of the world's most valuable car companies.

By Elijah Wolfson

Tesla's EV Charging Stations Will Soon Be Universal

Tesla will make its electric vehicle charging stations usable by all EVs by the end of 2024. It's not enough to get the U.S. charging network where it needs to be.

By Elijah Wolfson

How Climate Coverage in Textbooks Has Changed

A new study looked at 57 college biology textbooks published between 1970 and 2019 to assess how coverage of climate change has shifted.

By Elijah Wolfson

The Ocean Is Climate Change’s First Victim and Last Resort

Escalating tragedies are at hand beneath the waters that make up over 70% of earth’s surface.

By Elijah Wolfson

How Atlanta Director Hiro Murai Helped Bring Surrealism to Prestige TV

In the early 2010s, Hiro Murai was a Los Angeles-based music-video director, working regularly with the local Odd Future music collective—which included Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, and Tyler, the Creator, among others—as well as making...

By Elijah Wolfson

The New Language of Climate Change Inequality: IPCC

On Monday, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest assessment of the state of the global climate crisis, focusing on “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”—one of the core areas the IPCC...

By Elijah Wolfson

How Marlon James Is Rewriting the Rules of Fantasy Fiction

After winning the 2015 Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings, his decades-spanning, dazzlingly inventive novel centered around a real-life assassination attempt on Bob Marley, author Marlon James embarked on a project of...

By Elijah Wolfson

Paris Resurfaces Buried Bièvre River to Fight Climate Change

In 1899, a writer for French newspaper Le Figaro surveyed the damage Parisians had done to the Bièvre, a river that for hundreds of years had snaked up through southern Paris, joining the Seine near...

By Ciara Nugent and Mapping by Elijah Wolfson

Richard Powers on His New Novel, 'Bewilderment'

"I think the book holds open the possibility of a more joyous and a more rewarding way of being in the world"

By Elijah Wolfson

The Language Of Climate Change Just Changed in a Major Way

In so many ways, not much has changed since the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—perhaps the premiere climate science-and-policy organization in the world—published its last major report in 2014. Just as it...

By Elijah Wolfson

Let's Discuss the Top Chef: Portland Finale

Did the right person win?

By Judy Berman , Eliana Dockterman , Kat Moon and Elijah Wolfson

I Went to the Westminster Dog Show and All I Got Was This Lousy Positive View of Humanity

There is only one thing I know for sure about the Westminster Dog Show: there’s almost zero chance that I would have ever attended the event if not for the virus that upended the world....

By Elijah Wolfson

Women Are Transforming What Climate Leadership Looks Like

The COVID-19 pandemic, like the climate crisis, is amplifying existing racial and gender injustices in our society. TIME editors Naina Bajekal and Elijah Wolfson moderated a conversation with two women working to create a more...

By Naina Bajekal and Elijah Wolfson

Joe Biden's Election Win, by the Numbers

After nearly four days of ballot counting, the United States has a new President-elect. On Nov. 7, at approximately 11:25 a.m. E.T., the Associated Press called the state of Pennsylvania for former Vice President Joe...

By Emily Barone and Elijah Wolfson

How Many More Lives Will Be Lost to COVID-19 Before the U.S. Gets It Right?

How the U.S. succumbed to complacency and let 200,000 people die of COVID-19

By Alex Fitzpatrick and Elijah Wolfson

Falling Coronavirus Testing Numbers Obscures the Reality of the U.S. Pandemic

July was devastating in the U.S. After the country had appeared to flatten the curve in late spring, daily new cases of COVID-19 skyrocketed as the season turned, peaking at 20.5 per 100,000 people on...

By Elijah Wolfson

TIME's Coronavirus Data and Mapping Dashboard Launches

In July of any other year, many of us would be starting our mornings catching up on the score of last night’s game, or checking in on the stock market. But in 2020, the most...

By Chris Wilson and Elijah Wolfson

This July Fourth Clarified America's Coronavirus Failures

If you’re American, you can be forgiven if you didn’t particularly feel like celebrating your country during this year’s Fourth of July holiday. If you’re not, your feelings toward the U.S., whether pity or schadenfreude,...

By Elijah Wolfson

What a U.S. Withdrawal From the WHO Means

The World Health Organization(WHO) has driven the charges leading to some of the 20th century’s greatest public health triumphs. And throughout WHO’s 72-year history, the U.S. has been the organization’s star player, coach, and biggest...

By Elijah Wolfson

When Are U.S. States Projected to 'Flatten the Curve'?

TIME crunched the data to show how COVID-19 will play out in various states across the U.S. based on current projections.

By Elijah Wolfson and Sanya Mansoor
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