Disaster at the Top of the World
By Margery Moore on August 24, 2010
Tags: climate change, framing, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Yale, sea level rise, catastrophe, catastrophic event
From aboard the Louis S. St-Laurent, Canadian scholar Thomas Homer-Dixen writes,
"It is possible that the changes I’m seeing from the ship deck are the beginning of the climate shock that will awaken us to the danger we face."
A very thoughtful essay on the potential teachable moments associated with large disasters. In this case, devastating climate shock.
Read more: "Disaster at the Top of the World".
Thomas Homer-Dixon is a professor of global systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada.
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