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“The Uninhabitable Earth” by Wallace-Wells’ made me think about the current and past state of our climate. The reading shows the effects that climate change has on our generations and the different subheadings talk about all the problems that have been occurring throughout the world. “Many people perceive climate change as a sort of moralContinue reading “VIDISHA – Blog Post #3”

I had some idea of the precarious state of our climate, but reading Wallace-Wells’ article “The Uninhabitable Earth” altered my perception once more. I have tried to be optimistic about the current climate situation, but after reading this week’s readings I feel an urgency for action and change because it finally dawned on me howContinue reading “Blog Post 3”

“It is, I promise, worse than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today.” The first two sentences of David Wallace-Wells’ “The Uninhabitable Earth” is clearly terrifying and abrupt,Continue reading “Leena Khurana – Blog Post #3”

The reading from Something New Under the Sun by J.R. McNeill talks about the priority of the situation with today’s environmental issues. Throughout the chapters, it talked about how today’s reality will affect our next generations and the way they view the environment. Due to the past, there has been a lot of different eventsContinue reading “VIDISHA – Blog Post #2”

“Something New Under the Sun” describes the urgency of the environmental situation in the present day. J.R. McNeill clearly states how this is the first time that humanity has affected ecosystems with so much intensity and at such a rapid pace: “the scale and intensity of changes were so great that matters that for milleniaContinue reading “Leena Khurana – Blog Post #2”

Charles Mann’s article, “State of the Species,” explicitly illustrates the path that we are taking, as the Earth continues to become in worse shape. His comparison of humans to invasive species is clear: “Humans, too, specialize in disturbed habits – but we do the disturbing.” Mann’s reference to the way that humans invade multiple habitats,Continue reading “Leena Khurana – Blog Post #1”

The reading from chapter one of Paths to a Green World by Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne gives an explanation that throughout history, there has been several different views on climate in hope for a change to make it better. Humans have become so modern with their confidence of survival and also their elimination. ThereContinue reading “VIDISHA – Blog Post#1”

In the short time humans have been on earth, they have achieved more success and delivered more destruction than any other creature ever has. Charles C. Mann describes humans as “unusually successful”- an accurate description when one looks at the adaptability of humans versus other organisms. The goal of all living beings is to reproduceContinue reading “Becca Ajtai Blog Post 1”

In chapter one of Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne’s book, they explain one of the many purposes their book has. They explain that through writing about the various world views they hope to help students “navigate a seemingly unmanageable avalanche of conflicting information and analysis.” While it is important to write about environmental issues thatContinue reading “Maddie H. Blog Post #1”

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