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Dr. McPherson & The Three (Purportedly Chinese) Curses
“The odds of my making a comeback along the path to informing people about abrupt, irreversible climate change leading to near-term human extinction are considerably lower than any comeback we can expect from…
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Mass Extinction is Well Under Way
“Obviously, not everyone agrees that a Mass Extinction Event is under way. The ongoing, rampant denial is based on at least four factors: 1) contemporary people are generally ignorant about science; 2) these…
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Alternatives to Despair: Stages 6 and 7 of Grieving
“As with many other people, my interests overlap those of Kübler-Ross. My interests include how we respond to death as individuals and extend to how we respond to near-term human extinction, which includes the deaths…
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Climate Change: Abrupt & Irreversible
“2019 was a banner year for the IPCC as it concluded climate change is abrupt and irreversible. After the occasional report by the corporate media during the standard, 15-second news cycle, this critically…
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The Importance of Arctic Sea Ice to Life on Earth
“With the extinction of our species comes not only the stripping away of atmospheric ozone, but also the rapid loss of aerosol masking and therefore a stunningly rapid rate of environmental change. In…
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Looking to Place Blame?
“Of course, I would love to be wrong about all this information. I do not want our species to go extinct, and I certainly do not want us to take all life on…
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No may. No might. Only is.
“As I have been reporting for a few years in this space, anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases have led to abrupt, irreversible climate change. We’ve been warned about this outcome for decades. As ancient…
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Seven Phrases You Can Never Say
“American comedian George Carlin first spoke about seven words that are taboo on television in 1972 with his monologue, ‘Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.’ The words for which Carlin became…
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Maybe I’m Wrong
“You have likely heard this expression: We learn from our mistakes. The process of science assures that we—at least some of us—will continue along an educational path, up to and until we are…
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Colonizing the Multiverse
“It is pretty demoralizing to imagine there is an infinite number of Earths dealing with collapse of a world-level industrial civilization, runaway greenhouse, and loss of habitat for life on the planet. On…