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Facing the Anthropocene: An Update

Facing the Anthropocene: An Update Recent scientific work strengthens and extends the arguments in Ian Angus’s pathbreaking book on fossil capitalism and the crisis of the Earth System I’ve been pleased and deeply honored by the international response to my book Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and  the Crisis of the Earth System (Monthly Review Press, 2016). […]

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Triple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean.

Triple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean. Part Three: The Heat of 3.6 Billion Atom Bombs Continuing Ian Angus’s examination of the ‘deadly trio’ of CO2-driven assaults on ocean life. Part three: ocean warming and permanent heatwaves “Triple Crisis” has been published in three parts Part One: Corrosive Seas Part Two: Running Low on Oxygen Part Three: The […]

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Dead Zones: Industrial Agriculture versus Ocean Life

Dead Zones: Industrial Agriculture versus Ocean Life Worldwide, there are now over a thousand coastal areas where fish can’t breathe. The nitrogen that makes crops grow is also destroying offshore ecosystems. “Let us not, however, flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human victories over nature. For each such victory nature takes its revenge on […]

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Nitrogen Crisis: A neglected threat to Earth’s life support systems

Nitrogen Crisis: A neglected threat to Earth’s life support systems Planetary Boundaries. Nitrogen and biodiversity are farther out of safe limits than any others (Rockstrom et. al, Nature, 2009) Part One of a discussion of the disruption of the global nitrogen cycle by an economic system that values profits more than life itself. Continuing our series […]

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Climate change in the Anthropocene: An unstoppable drive to Hothouse Earth?

Climate change in the Anthropocene: An unstoppable drive to Hothouse Earth? Can the global climate be stabilized before runaway change creates conditions that are too hot for human civilization and deadly for most species? Leading Earth System scientists warn: “The Earth System may be approaching a planetary threshold that could lock in a continuing rapid […]

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The Keeling Curve at 60: A portrait of climate crisis

The Keeling Curve at 60: A portrait of climate crisis If you’ve ever wondered what a scientific representation of metabolic rift might look like, check out this graph. We are approaching the sixtieth birthday of the Keeling Curve. It is such a stunning example of important and clearly presented science that it has been designated […]

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The progress of this storm: Nature and society in a warming world

The progress of this storm: Nature and society in a warming world Andreas Malm’s powerful critique of current environmental philosophies puts historical materialism and cutting-edge science at the center of a call for militant action Andreas Malm THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM Nature and society in a warming world Verso Books, 2018 reviewed by Ian […]

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Olduvai IV: Courage
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Olduvai II: Exodus
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