TIME REMAINING TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE ABUNDANCE
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Times Evoke
‘Animals have endured domestication to imperialism — no species is truly ‘wild’ today’- ‘Modern bird wings first appeared in the archaeopteryx 145 million years ago — they haven’t changed much’
- ‘The wings of huge pterosaurs and tiny bees differ — but they both produce thrust and lift’
- ‘Elephants have amazing cognitive and creative intelligence — they can even mimic our speech’
- ‘Women always led animal sheltering work in the US — America’s cat ladies are now mobilising’
- ‘Happiness comes fully to dogs — free of heavy human reflection, pets merit respect’
- Let's be pet friends forever
- 'With Donald Trump as the option, Kamala Harris is rising - despite the US economy'
- A walk in the clouds
- ‘Cloud forests move water between trees, mountains and sky — they become a Goldilocks zone for life’
- ‘We humans have altered clouds — these are not the same now as in the pre-industrial era’
- ‘Modern climate science has roots in the Hapsburg empire — it must heed marginalised voices now’
- ‘Big social media harms kids, hapless parents try to protect them — it’s a huge power imbalance’
- Rocks – & a hard place
- ‘America still uses and exports coal — mining it in Appalachia ruins forests, mountains and human health’
- ‘Mining powered the rise of global capitalism, colonisation — and ecological catastrophes’
- ‘In the US, science and media, arbiters of truth, are often mistrusted now — old fires are stoked’
- ‘Climate politics began with equity and justice — we now face evasion, migration and wars’
- ‘Scientists started noting anthropogenic impacts in the 1970s — but climate denialism rose alongside’
- Let's talk about the weather
- ‘The Spanish empire used notions from animal breeding for human beings — this suffused racism’
- The times of Earth
- ‘We must draw from India’s climate history. This respected topography, hydrology and nature as capital’
- ‘Climate history warns us to limit warming to 2°C –humans may not be able to adapt beyond that’
- ‘Elephants use names for each other — this ability was only known in humans so far’
- ‘We are entering solar maximum now — more places on Earth will see sun storms and aurora in the skies’
- The universe will find a way
- ‘Light from JADES-GS-z14-0 travelled 14 billion years to us — it mirrors how special our lives are’
- ‘Global warming’s given every human one month of extra-hot days — India is living this right now’
- May 25, 2024: Global boiling, heat is truly on
- ‘Heatwave health impacts can be life-threatening — adjust your activities to help your body cope’
- The beautiful & the damned
- ‘The British Raj had little knowledge — and even less sensitivity — towards animals used in war’
- ‘Humans treat animals like slaves, taking even their flesh from them — speciesism boosts this’
- ‘A cauliflower has fractal architecture — its ‘curds’ repeat via gene mutation and memory’
- ‘US student protests seeking peace in Gaza are the new anti-Vietnam War movement’
- Flower power
- ‘There are 3,50,000 types of flowers — the same blossom offers varied colours to diverse observers’
- ‘Flowers hold powerful histories, from African slavery to Indian freedom and anti-Vietnam War protests in the US’
- ‘Heatwaves in India are 30 times more likely now than they’d be without climate change’
- ‘British colonialism pushed tea globally — India paid with indentured labour and damaged ecology’
- ‘Coffee caused deforestation and habitat loss — it now faces climate challenges and needs sustainability’
- Storm in your morning cup
- ‘Floral diversity shows evolution is an ongoing process — with certain unpredictable aspects’
- ‘History, war and leaders are not humanity’s whole story — gardens are our imaginative delight’
- ‘Gardens reflected a human desire to dominate nature and the vulnerable — many parks move away from that today’
- Being avant-garden
- ‘Their culture keeps changing over time — but signalling among animals remains honest’
- 'Many animals are going extinct - they make us humane. We need compassion to save them'
- 'Colonialism allotted the pleasure and pain of fossil fuels — US life is soaked in coal and oil'
