61 Climate Memo Mondays, February 7, 2022
Victor Wallis. Mronline.org (1-30-22).
Ecocide–the destruction of the entire ecosystem–is a real prospect. Its possibility has been well known to scientists since the 1980s, if not earlier. Every projection of its pace has under estimated the actual rate of breakdown.
Ongoing Research on Symptoms of Warming
PBS, NOVA Documentary, “Arctic Sinkholes.” 2-2-22
Increasing methaneeruptions in the Arctic, including an explosion leaving a huge crater. Full context of climate change also provided in another outstanding climate report by PBS.
Struggle to Arouse World to Take Action against the Catastrophe
“Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World.” PBS, 2-3-22. Greta’s global campaign to stop warming from age 15 to 18. Is she hopeful? That’s not necessary: resistance to massive harm is ethically imperative. Since the adults of the world have failed, children are forced to be adults.