“The ant altered everything that was evaluated, including the dynamics between the largest terrestrial animals on Earth and the structure of the plant community. Along the way, the tiny, mighty ant has demonstrated—again—that…

“One of the commands I give myself daily is the short Latin phrase, ‘Amor fati.’ This phrase means ‘Love of one’s fate.’ It’s an order from me to me. If you like, it can…

“I am back on the evidentiary path. I would like to think I have fully recovered from my case of hopium. The peer-reviewed papers and books I have published since this book excerpted…

“You may perhaps be familiar with comedian George Carlin’s routine, The Planet is Fine, a piece which is brought to my attention at least once a week. In it, Carlin’s main point is that…

“If you’ve been reading my columns in this space, then you know I write about unspeakably terrible topics. Primarily, I write about extinction. Extinction is the death of the last individual of a…

“Ongoing, abrupt climate change is rooted in human behavior underlain by natural selection. Ongoing, irreversible climate change is rooted in human behavior underlain by natural selection. These young people have no more control over abrupt, irreversible climate…

“I suspect I appreciate At the Existentialist Café more than most readers. After all, my expansive reading of existential philosophers during the decade of the 1990s was critical to the development of my own, personal…

“A global economic depression will cause an even faster rate of environmental change. Will it be sufficient to reduce aerosol masking enough to cause loss of habitat for human animals? If not, will…

“Where does ownership take us? We need only investigate reality, based on recent trends, to see where we’re headed. And that place is to the edge of extinction. To the notion that might…

“I was not a climate scientist. I still am not. I am reasonably knowledgeable about climate science, however. As part of my ecological research, I have been studying climate science since I was…