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  • Andrew HenryAndrewHenry@mastodon.energy
    Jul 28, 2026, 1:01 PM

    Wrote something for the local paper.

    Found myself coming to the realization that if we aren't going to collectively respond to the climate crisis by rapidly reducing emissions then effectively we are all on our own.

    The paper didn't put the letter on it's website. So, the text is in alt-text.

    #climate #climateCrisis
    #Canada

    It is either drought or deluge in the hotter and hotter Anthropocene. Rainfall will not be evenly distributed. It’s heat dome after heat dome, flooding deluge after flooding deluge. Every reappearance of an El Nino marks the next ratchet up in global temperatures. The heat and disruption that comes with it is amplified by the ever increasing accumulation of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that we appear unwilling to stop dumping into the atmosphere. And this year’s El Nino is a doozy. Jeff Berradelli, a meteorologist, recently pointed out that the, “Super El Niño ocean threshold [has been] reached, 6 weeks earlier than any other time in history”. He went on to add, “we are in uncharted territory”, and we should expect stronger heat domes, floods – and severe weather this winter. We have to rapidly reduce carbon emissions. Yet, many would argue that heroic efforts are inconvenient. We are just too busy; gutting flooded basements in Ottawa, sandbagging river-frontage against descending high water in Manitoba, or fighting approaching wildfires in yet another boreal town.
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