Artefacts of a
Burning World

Opinionated collection of 44 articles, films, podcasts and other artefacts related to the climate crisis.

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The Road Not Taken

By Austyn Gaffney

Former US president Jimmy Carter placed 32 solar pannels, a novel technology at that time, on the rooftop of The White House. Seven years later they were removed by Ronald Reagan. With Donald Trump now withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, many historic parallels can be seen.

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Same formats: The environmental dimension of Russia’s war on Ukraine; When the Arctic Melts; Speaking of Nature; Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now.; Why climate despair is a luxury; What if climate change meant not doom — but abundance?; Our Attention Spans Are Being Stolen; „Ich wollte schon immer erzählen, wie wir trotz Klimakrise eine bessere Welt erschaffen können.“; Wir haben kein Recht, vor der Klimakrise zu kapitulieren; There’s no planet B

Same publisher: How Air-Conditioning Conquered America; The Sunday Read: ‘Has the Amazon Reached Its “Tipping Point”?’; Consider the Burying Beetle. (Or Else.); The Sunday Read: ‘What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay’