That bold statement may seem like hyperbole, but there is now a very clear pattern in the scientific evidence documenting that the earth is warming, that warming is due largely to human activity, that warming is causing important changes in climate, and that rapid and potentially
catastrophic changes in the near future are very possible.
Not exact matches
It's set
in a
near future where overpopulation and global climate
change has been
catastrophic for the food supply and the culture has become hostile to science, as if it's the cause of the problems rather than the only hope to solve them.
It's what Joe Romm at Climate Progress calls «a declaration of dependence on fossil fuels, a figurative declaration of war on a livable climate and the health and well - being of countless
future generations» and my colleague Elias Isquith describes as an effort to «design a right - wing machine to dominate American politics
in the
near - and medium - term
future» — which, if successful, will be more than enough time to set Earth on an irreversible path to
catastrophic climate
change.