Patrice Taddonio: 10 Documentaries on the Science, Politics and Impact of Our Changing Climate
From early research into climate change by fossil fuel companies, to the organizations that fought the scientific establishment to shift the climate conversation in the U.S., to the role of climate change in deadly American wildfires.
Sasha Abramsky: After Massive Cuts to Forest Service, US Enters Fire Season Woefully Unprepared
The results could be catastrophic, especially in states that have experienced unprecedented fires in recent years.
Michelle Bitting: Sudden
I wanted to come home transformed
and be surprised by the flickering
in our radically impermanent
robes
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: Fire Season Again
The fire now climbs the mountain’s back.
A red-gray haze swirls around the setting sun,
& the skies rain acrid ashes — tiny moth wings
flickering over everything.
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Derrick Z. Jackson: Climate Reality vs. Public Perception | Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?
Whether we wake up or not, a harsh climate is the new normal. To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage.
Rebecca Gordon: Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow
Life in a Destabilized California
Jane Braxton Little: Inferno
Climate Disaster Is Turning the Planet into a Tinderbox.
Leonore Wilson: Three Poems About the Fires
their beaks held
tiny morsels of tenderness
as if they were ripped
from temple vaults…
Michelle Bitting: The Great Fire
When plague grips a grand city in its pitch and airless
fist, flames bore holes in flesh that the rats sing
sweetly through.
Emily E. Schlickman, et al: A case for retreat in the age of fire as wildfires threaten homes in the West
As fire risk rises, is it time to consider managed retreat?
William deBuys: New Mexico’s Megafires Mark a Turning Point
We have entered the Pyrocene, the Epoch of Fire.
Jane Braxton Little: Whiplashed
Hotter days and hotter nights have corkscrewed our weather patterns into spiraling extremes, leaving entire regions around the world jerked from the hottest temperatures they’ve known to the coldest, from devastating fires to disastrous floods. This is uncharted territory and, scientists say, an all-too-grim preview of the future we’re creating for ourselves.
Jane Braxton Little: A Tour Guide to Hell on Earth, Small Town-Style
Climate Change, Up Close and Personal
