Trivializing Global Warming
by Alton C. Thompson The July 6 – 13 issue of Time magazine includes “53 pages of answers,” divided into eight categories, one which is titled “Questions we should be asking.” In that section we find the following questions: What…
Near-term Habitat Loss for Humans
Fact: This planet has not harbored humans at 1.73 C or higher above baseline (i.e., the beginning of the industrial revolution). The number may be much lower. The jury is still out. Fact: Humans are animals that depend on myriad…
Edge of Extinction: Disappear Early On
______ My work is featured in a 19 July 2015 article in The Buffalo News. Read it here.
Normalcy Bias: The Uniquely Human Tendency to Believe that “Things Can’t Be That Bad”
by Mark Thoma A year-and-a-half ago my brother gave me a copy of Guy McPherson's book Going Dark. The book touched on many issues that had troubled me for some time and that I care passionately about. As a former…
Edge of Extinction: Last Automated Tweet
The cover article in today's issue of the Eugene Weekly describes my visit to the city in Oregon last month. At the time, I was nearing the end of my Cascadian speaking tour. Unlike the critics of my work, I…
