Climate change is "a path to the end of human civilization and modern society as we know it." —David Spratt and Ian Dunlop. "Existential Climate-Related Security Risk." Breakthrough. June 2019. Scenarios and social implications of climate change forecasting existential threat to humanity by 2050.
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The Anthropocene Project — Emergence Magazine
"This photo essay bears witness to a critical moment in geological history, showing the breadth of impact that our human systems and technologies have imposed onto natural landscapes."—The Anthropocene Project
After Atlas, Malthus Shrugged
"In 2014 I was visiting a university in Alaska, and happened to sit in on a lecture by the Norwegian policy expert Willy Ostreng about the new geopolitics of the Arctic. After talking about climate change in the Arctic and the increased accessibility to oil and gas, he embarked on a detailed elucidation of the … Continue reading After Atlas, Malthus Shrugged
Climate Change: Are We Fucked?
"Yes, of course, we’re fucked. (Though it’s important to specify the “we” in this formulation, because the global poor, the disenfranchised, the young, and the yet-to-be-born are certifiably far more fucked than such affluent, white, middle-aged Americans as Vollmann and myself.) But here’s the thing: with climate change as with so much else, all fuckedness … Continue reading Climate Change: Are We Fucked?
