“The glacier melts are always cycling forward and back,” said our UK glacier guide, “but in the past 5 years since I’ve been leading these hikes, they’re receding much much faster than any of us have ever seen before.” He paused, nimbly avoiding the hot stone topic of why. ...
Our best hope is that fossil fuel emissions rise faster than ever, atmospheric CO2 increases unambiguously, and temperatures plunge beyond the range of any possible adjustments. But even in that scenario, we will just hear new fables about how we have destabilized the system a...