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Farewell Coral Reefs, The Truth Is, We Never Loved You, Enough.

Will the latest El Niño Southern Oscillation be the death knell for: The Largest Living Organism on Earth.?The Great Barrier Reef has yet to recover from the 2016 El Niño. It takes a coral reef approximately 15 years to recover

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Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Grief, Nonlinear Rate of Change, The Great Barrier Reef

The Convergence of the Next El Niño–Southern Oscillation & the Arctic Sea Ice Minimum

As the triple dip La Niña wanes, we need to consider the consequences of the next El Niño on the Arctic Sea Ice minimum, which ‘normally’ unfolds in the middle of September. That could soon stretch into October, adding weeks

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Posted in Aerosol Masking Effect, Climate Grief, Corey Bradshaw, Early Stage Runaway, Feedback loops, Nature Bats Last, Pestilence, Professor Guy McPherson, Zack Labe

Why the Arctic Sea Ice Matters to All Complex Life on the Planet

“President Niinistö in North Russia: ‘If We Lose the Arctic, We Lose the World’”Clearly we have lost the Arctic as one of our major planetary thermostats. Myself, Beryl Sirmacek, John Doyle and Arctic Oceanographer Jim Massa discuss the unravelling in

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Aerosol Masking Effect, Arctic Sea Ice, Climate Grief, Dr Igor Semiletov, Dr Natalia Shakova, Methane, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE, Professor Guy McPherson

Has the Climate Crisis Passed the Point of No Return?

I was recently interviewed on Josh Schlossberg’s podcast series titled “The Green Root Podcast” Josh has had some great guests, check the series out at the link above. Our interview is below; Issues we discussed are referenced below; I mentioned

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Grief, Climate Racism, Corey Bradshaw, Imperialism, Josh Schlossberg, Nature Bats Last, Nuclear Threats, Professor Guy McPherson, Seneca Cliff

The Psychological Roller Coaster of Abrupt Climate Change featuring Peter Miller

Nature Bats Last co-hosts Kevin Hester and Guy McPherson were joined on this months show by Canadian psychologist Peter Miller. The discussion included our individual psychological responses to abrupt climate change and its outcome. Peter is a parent and combines

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Grief, Peter Miller, Uncategorized

Action is the Antidote to Despair – Acceptance Will Set You Free

As the climate and extinction crises accelerates our descent into the abyss, many of us are seeking a meaningful existence as we manage our own grief and more importantly that of our youth, which will very soon become our greatest

Posted in Climate Grief, Extinction Rebellion, Methane, Nature Bats Last, The Sixth Great Extinction

The “Belt and Road Initiative”and much more.Paving the Road to Collapse and Hospice.

There is no slowing down this juggernaut. We’re already off the cliff and they still have their pedal to the metal. “The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) simply blows out of the water anything else that’s been attempted in human

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Grief, Hospice, Nature Bats Last

Navigating Hospice at the Edge of Extinction

The children are rebelling, the ice is melting, the weather is already chaotic and the feedback loops are multiplicative. How do we navigate the perfect storm when we know that our only habitable spaceship is hurtling into the abyss at

Posted in Catastrophe, Climate Grief, Hospice, Jem Bendell, Professor Guy McPherson, Stephen Jenkinson, The Sixth Great Extinction
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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