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Whispering and the Weather

The Anthropocene Reviewed

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Climate Change Is the Biggest Challenge Faced by Humans

Climate change is probably the biggest challenge facing humans. i fear people of the future will judge us harshly for our failure to do something about it. There are active measures in place to reduce global carbon omissions, but nothing near the scale of what will actually be needed to keep global temperature rise within two degrees celsius of pre industrial levels. In th rich world at least, we feel separate from the weather. I am insulated from the weather by my house and the conditioned air inside of it. I can eat strawberries in january when it is raining. I can go inside when it is dark. I can turn on lights. Although we are still deeply dependent upon the weather, i feel like

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