The Uninhabitable Earth

Over the past decades, the term "Anthropocene" has climbed into the popular imagination - a name given to the geologic era we live in now, one defined by human intervention in the life of the planet. But however sanguine you might be about the proposition that we have ravaged the natural world, which we surely have, it is another thing entirely to consider the possibility that we have only provoked it, engineering first in ignorance and then in denial a climate system that will now go to war with us for many centuries, perhaps until it destroys us. In the meantime, it will remake us, transforming every aspect of the way we live-the planet no longer nurturing a dream of abundance, but a living nightmare.

In ultimele decenii, termenul „antropocen” a urcat in imaginatia populara - un nume dat erei geologice in care traim acum, una definita prin interventia umana in viata planetei. Dar, oricat de sangeroasa ati fi in legatura cu propunerea ca am devastat lumea naturala, pe care o avem cu siguranta, este un alt lucru in totalitate sa luam in considerare posibilitatea ca am provocat-o doar, inginerind mai intai in ignoranta si apoi in negarea unui sistem climatic care va merge acum la razboi cu noi timp de multe secole, poate pana cand ne va distruge.