The Summer the Planet Started Burning

This Is the Age of Extinction. Welcome to Its First Era, the Pyrocene

Image Credit: Michael Pappas

Suddenly, this summer, the planet seems to be on fire. We’ve had plenty of dramatic examples. Marine heatwaves, off the charts, where meteorologists say the ocean’s boiling. Coast-to-coast wildfires in Canada. Four great heat domes, stretching across our…whole planet. Yet none of…