Science

Book review: Managed retreat or unmanaged disaster

"Few people are more qualified to explain and analyze this landscape. Xia's reporting on this topic earned her a spot as a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2020. In this, her first nonfiction book, she breathes exquisite detail and dialogue into a rich narrative held up by years of beat reporting." — Clare Fieseler, Science Magazine

The New Yorker

Annals of a Warming Planet: Can Seawalls Save Us?

"When do seawalls make sense? And when is it better to give in to the tides? . . . In California Against the Sea, Xia . . . writes about the difficult realities of trying to incorporate fairness into our tally of costs and benefits." — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker

NPR: Here & Now

California is losing the fight against sea-level rise. Is it time to regroup?

Rosanna Xia is out with a new book called California Against the Sea, which she discusses with Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes.

NPR: On Point

Lessons from California on how to adapt to sea level rise

Today, On Point: Lessons from California on what must change for everyone in a world of rising water, with featured guest Rosanna Xia, environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Review of Books

How Much Still Abides: A Q&A between Richard Powers and Rosanna Xia

LARB hosted a Luminary Dinner featuring the highly decorated novelist Richard Powers in conversation with Rosanna Xia, an environment reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Their discussion was held as part of an intimate gathering at a private residence in Los Angeles and ranged from the — literal — depths of the ocean to cross-pollination between the fictional and nonfictional in environmental writing.

San Francisco Chronicle

Book review: In-depth look at California’s rising sea levels finds grim threats and glimmers of hope

"What happens if, as the world warms and the Pacific Ocean rises, California’s coast and beaches drown? That’s the crisis that Los Angeles Times environmental reporter Rosanna Xia investigates in her thoughtful, balanced, deeply researched and reported California Against the Sea." — Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle

Orion Magazine

Recommendations: Visions for our Vanishing Coastline

A conversation about oceans, eco-grief, and shifting perspectives with journalist Rosanna Xia.

Literary Hub

Wildfires and Vanishing Coastlines

Rosanna Xia and Lizzie Johnson on turning their climate reporting into books.

Hawai’i Public Radio

Los Angeles Times journalist on how California is contending with sea level rise

The Conversation talked to Rosanna Xia and Makena Coffman, director of the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience at the University of Hawaiʻi, about Xia's new book.