Climate Futures
Various impacts of climate change on the world of our children and grandchildren.
Climate Futures
Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current
reuters.com
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
It comes on top of more visible good news—the IEA said this weak that oil demand around the world is softening because of “surging” sales of electric vehicles. In China, demand for gasoline will peak this year or next and then decline sharply. Britain, where the coal era was born, will close it’s last coal-fired power plant at the end of this month... See more
Bill McKibben • Silent Solar
From Bill McKibben’s substack.
The entire story of a civilization, or a community, centers around energy: its availability; its production; the uses to which it is put. Whether need outstrips them all.
If fossil fuel dependency is a global addiction, climate activists are prophets trying to save us from our stupor | Tim Winton
Tim Wintontheguardian.com
The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis
Lynn White Jr. explores the historical roots of humanity's ecological crisis, highlighting the impact of Christianity and technology on our relationship with nature, and calls for a rethinking of these assumptions.
uvm.edu“Hope clouds observation.” — Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965 novel
