Climate and ecological anxiety, for me, comes in waves. Like actual waves, they come in sets. Wave. Wave. Wave. Wave. Wave. HUMONGOUS WAVE. Waves you can ride, more or less; the occasional wave whose force can smash you, shot through with terror. Deadly wildfires. Deadly deluges. Vanishing ice. Vanishing insects. Silent springs. Entire ecosystems on the brink. Catastrophic avalanche of lost beings. Warming oceans. THE HORRIFYING SLOWING OF THE ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION – a vital ocean circulation system – causing scientists to warn that a cascade of climate and ecological tipping ...
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