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Collapse: The Only Realistic Scenario

This months guest on Nature Bats Last is Arthur Keller author of the You Tube Presentation “Collapse: The Only Realistic Scenario”. Kevin and Guy were joined by Arthur Keller, who studies system dynamics. Initially a rocket scientist, Keller has become

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Arthur Keller, Collapse, Nature Bats Last, Professor Guy McPherson

Cascading Consequences of the Loss of Arctic Sea Ice

“Losing the remaining Arctic sea ice and its ability to reflect incoming solar energy back to space would be equivalent to adding one trillion tons of CO2 to the atmosphere, on top of the 2.4 trillion tons emitted since the

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Arctic Sea Ice, Collapse, Dr Andrew Glikson, Feedback loops, Methane, Nature Bats Last, Zack Labe

Tipping Points in the Earth Climate System. Dr Andrew Glikson returns to Nature Bats Last

Todays guest on Nature Bats Last was Dr Andrew Glikson from the Australian National University. Dr Andrew Glikson is a geologist living in Australia. He is an Earth scientist and paleo-climatologist currently serving as Visiting Fellow at the Australian National

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Dr Andrew Glikson, Professor Guy McPherson

A clinical psychologist, an evolutionary biologist and an ocean sailor discuss the unfolding collapse.

In the interview below clinical psychologist Peter Miller interviews Professor Guy McPherson and Kevin Hester about the psychological ramifications of reporting on and living through the unraveling of the biosphere as the sixth great extinction gains momentum in a non-linear

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Collapse, Jem Bendell, Professor Guy McPherson, Ruppert Reid

It’s the End of the World as We Know It

In most Western cultures there is a tradition of saying “Happy New Year” as one year draws to a close and another beckons. As we stumble relentlessly into another anthropogenically warmed January, in a time of abrupt climate change, there

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Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Collapse, Jem Bendell, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE, Professor Guy McPherson, Professor Paul Ehrlich

All species go extinct, all civilisations collapse, all bubbles burst. There is no “Planet B”.

A speculative essay on how the collapse of the global economy and banking system could and probably will trigger the extinction of most if not all complex life on our planet. All previous advanced civilisations on this planet have collapsed

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Collapse, Dr Andrew Glikson, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE

Nature Bats Last with Roger Hallam from “Extinction Rebellion”

In the December episode of Nature Bats Last Professor Guy McPherson and Kevin Hester interview Roger Hallam from the Extinction Rebellion movement. “We are joined today by Roger Hallam from Wales, who has been an organic farmer for the last

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Dahr Jamail, Extinction Rebellion

The Canary is Dead Part 4

Anson Nash and Kevin Hester continue their extinction dialogues discussing strategies for managing grief and doing meaningful work at the edge of extinction, including installing Penguin breeding nests on Rakino Island . “Researching and writing about the impacts of runaway climate

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Dahr Jamail, Extinction Rebellion, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE

Militarism’s Role in the Sixth and Possibly Last ‘Great’ Extinction

“U.S. Military World’s Largest Polluter – Hundreds Of Bases Gravely Contaminated Producing more hazardous waste than the five largest U.S. chemical companies combined, the U.S. Department of Defense has left its toxic legacy throughout the world in the form of

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Activism, Dahr Jamail, Extinction Rebellion, Military

The Undeclared Animal Death Toll in the Ongoing Incineration of the Biosphere

I’m always disapointed and or angry when I read about one or other of these now almost daily mega disasters when they report 1, 10, 100 or whatever number of  (human) deaths. They never point out that thousands, tens of

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Paul Beckwith
Kevin Hester

Kevin Hester is currently living on Rakino Island, a small island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand, monitoring the unravelling of the biosphere and volunteering at the Rakino Island Nursery is currently developing a proposal to create a marine reserve near by. The Island has no grid tied electricity or reticulated water.  I catch my own water from the roof and generate my electricity from the ample solar radiation on the island.

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