Climate Futures
Various impacts of climate change on the world of our children and grandchildren.
Climate Futures
Rebecca Solnit/joy is a strategy on X: "They want you to feel powerless and surrender and let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving." / X
Rebecca Solnit/joy is a strategy • Tweet
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated
... See more“I’ve been considering the response of humans to climate change through the lens of the classic five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Honestly, we’ve barely begun.”
How many days will you spend outside in a climate changed world?
anthropocenemagazine.org
Can You Even Survive a Global Famine?
Jessica Wildfire • Can You Even Survive a Global Famine?
Helene’s floodwaters have abated, but the risk of more potentially deadly landslides persists in the region, scientists say • Asheville Watchdog
PETER LEWISavlwatchdog.org
Good summary of landslide danger and reasons for it in WNC
“Every part of our financial and legal system at this point is devoted, singularly devoted, to keeping the status quo in place,” Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford said in the webinar. “It will be difficult for us to adapt.”
Mark Gongloff • A $1 Trillion Time Bomb Is Ticking in the Housing Market - Bloomberg
‘The land is becoming desert’: drought pushes Sicily’s farming heritage to the brink
Lorenzo Tondotheguardian.com
“Hope clouds observation.” — Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965 novel