Content 6+ If you’ve ever heard someone exclaim, with righteous indignation, “What global warming? It’s snowing in May!” you’ve witnessed a unique human talent: our ability to misunderstand science spectacularly, confidently, and with a self-assured grin.
Imagine, for a moment, the person who peers through their window at a late-May snowfall in Moscow. The ground is sprinkled with a white, chilly blanket, and our hero smugly sips their coffee, convinced … Read the rest
Content 16+ Imagine a future historian—perhaps an AI with a wry sense of humor—sifting through the ruins of our civilization. It finds two things in abundance: a feverish atmosphere and mountains of garbage. The air is thick with greenhouse gases that our factories and cars so generously pumped out, and the land (and sea) is … Read the rest
Content 18+ Humanity has always excelled at self-destruction. From inventing the wheel to turning it into a war chariot, we’ve demonstrated an uncanny knack for using our greatest achievements to dig our own graves. But of all our short-sighted triumphs, climate change might just be our masterpiece—a tragic symphony conducted by fossil fuels, ignorance, and the occasional reality TV star turned politician.
And in this great orchestra of self-sabotage, Donald … Read the rest
