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  • Off-Kilter & Oozing Mercury: Our Beloved Earth

    Guy McPherson / 0 Comments

    “We are rapidly heating the temperature of the only planet in the universe known with certainty to support life. Deniers of anthropogenic climate change take note: In so doing, we are causing shifts in…

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  • Earth on Hospice

    Guy McPherson

    “At the level of society, there is very little any of us can do. However, I can think of one job that is worth our collective attention. There may be others. Working to…

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  • Lions, Elephants, Zebras, Buffalo, Ants & Whistling Thorn Trees

    Guy McPherson

    “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…

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  • Amor Fati & Memento Mori

    Guy McPherson

    “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…

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  • Killing The Natives: A Retrospective Analysis

    Guy McPherson

    “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…

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  • As We Go, So Goes Earth

    Guy McPherson

    “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…

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  • Killing while Dying

    Guy McPherson

    “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…

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  • Deer in Headlights: Young People & Abrupt Climate Change

    Guy McPherson

    “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…

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  • Preparing to Die (at The Existentialist Café)

    Guy McPherson

    “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…

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  • At Least We Will Have Tried

    Guy McPherson

    “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…

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