Gwynne Dyer — Climate Crisis Speeding Up “What we’re seeing is climate impacts that scientists thought would accompany certain temperatures happening far more rapidly, with far more devastating effects than had been forecast,” said Dr. Simon Nicholson of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment at American University. “We didn’t think that the Arctic would crash … Continue reading Dyer- Climate Tipping Points Are In Sight & Near
Gwynne Dyer — July 12, 2023 Boing! Just like that! The Anthropocene officially started on July 11, we’re not in the Holocene anymore. That golden age of warm, stable climate in which humans started farming, grew their population a thousandfold, and created high-energy, hi-tech civilizations is at an end. “I was there when the Anthropocene … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Two Long-Range Weather Reports
Israel: “Mowing the Lawn” Again, but with Malice Aforethought Gwynne Dyer — Jul 08 2023 Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and historian who writes about international affairs. OPINION: The two-day Israeli military incursion into the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank (12 Palestinians killed, one Israeli dead) seems at first … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: The West Bank. Again.
Insurance firms to the rescue? By: Gwynne Dyer — Jun. 9, 2023 OPINION California’s fall from grace has been steep and swift, and now even the insurance companies are pulling out. The two biggest American home insurance companies, State Farm and Allstate, announced last week that they will stop selling insurance policies to Californians. Why? … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Could insurance companies help with the climate crisis?
