A polar bear walks on a melting ice floe in Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Recent research shows that Canada’s Arctic is now the warmest it has been in 10,000 years, and the temperatures are continuing to climb.
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It is palpable now. Even the most ardent deniers of human-caused climate disruption can feel the convulsions wracking the planet.
I truly believe this, given that, essentially, we are all of and from the Earth. Deep down inside all of us is the “fight or flight” instinct. Like any other animal, our very core knows when we are in danger, as the converging crises descend ever closer to home, wherever we may find ourselves on the globe.
This anxiety that increases by the day, this curious dread of what our climate-disrupted future will bring, is difficult to bear. Even those who have not already lost homes or loved ones to climate disruption-fueled extreme weather events have to live with the burden of this daily tension.
The signs of our overheated planet abound, […]
Good article and quite timely. Be very wary of the coming mental and emotional breakdown, exacerbated by the lack of genuine connection from social media and the manner in which people converse, whether texting or through email.