We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit argues that human-induced climate change has fundamentally altered the nature of summer, turning it from a season of joy into a period of danger and dread. The piece cites rising global temperatures, extreme weather events, and the health risks associated with heatwaves.
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It frames the climate crisis as a personal and existential threat, emphasizing the loss of environmental stability and the psychological impact of living in a warming world.
‘Summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us.’ ‘Summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us.’ Opinion Climate crisis We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate war zone Rebecca Solnit Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
Far beyond the fires raging across Europe and North America, the smoke, dangerous to breathe, hangs in the air, dimming the view, changing the very color of sunlight into something grimly unsettling.
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