We are in the midst of the 6th largest extinction event in the history of the plant and the first caused by human action.
Graciela ChichilniskySigns of a poorly understood but treatable house fire requires action, not inaction.
Graciela ChichilniskyThe transformation of capitalism is unstoppable because we need limits on resources for humans to survive.
Graciela ChichilniskyWe need a transformation of the world economy and of how we use and share the Earth's resources. We are running out of time. We are truly at the point of no return.
Graciela ChichilniskyWe know little of the consequences of the geoengineering process, such as spraying particles into the atmosphere that shade the planet from the sun's rays and could decrease its temperature. But this process is how dinosaurs disappeared from the Earth about 60 million years ago, by particles spewed by a volcano or a giant meteorite impact, and our species could follow suit.
Graciela ChichilniskyWe are still learning how exactly the Earth reacts to increased CO2 and other greenhouse gases. We know it leads to warming seas which are melting the North and the South Poles, rising and starting to swallow entire coastal areas in the US and elsewhere, as the New York Times article documents.
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