Tag Archives: John Atcheson

U.N. Climate Study: “…outdated on the day it’s released.”

Posted on by Mark Nykanen

That’s the word from a story at CommonDreams.org by John Atcheson (link to follow). On numerous occasions I’ve noted that the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2007 grossly understated the impacts of the warming. In Atcheson’s account, we get a very good explanation of why that happened and why it will [...]

The Epilogue to Earth

Posted on by Mark Nykanen

I want to draw your attention to a piece at CommonDreams.org today, penned by John Atcheson. “We Are Writing the Epilogue to the World We Knew” is a passionate summation of how grim humanity’s circumstances are right now. He lists ten startling developments planet-wide, including record greenhouse gas emissions, warmest oceans in eons, massive crop [...]