History often repeats itself, perhaps because some people just don't 'get' history. Or science.
I often come across old new stories which, merely by change of date and/or place names could be today's headlines.
The USA is witnessing the obvious effects of global warming, in the form of more intense hurricanes. The world is witnessing catastrophic wierd weather. The cryosphere continues to shed the very thing which makes it 'cryo-'.
We were warned. Again and again and again.
I have started this new thread hoping for posts about historical warnings, bearing in mind that history is a matter of scale. A century ago, a year, a week, a second ago: all past is history. But pragmatically we can limit 'history' to mean 'written history', i.e. articles warning about the effects of global warming.
Here is a single link to two articles from 1989 republished by
Context Institute.Excerpts:
The summer of 1988 may yet be seen as the "environmental awareness summer," when the Earth spoke in droughts and floods. The Earth spoke and somehow we listened. Suddenly people are beginning to understand that nature is very closely bound up with our economic futures.
Dr Noel J Brown
... by giving traditional enemies a common adversary, global environmental problems can become an important vehicle for greater international communication and cooperation.
Joel Swisher
Regarding Joel Swishers words: I believe that Trump, by provoking N. Korea, by "giving traditional enemies a common adversary", and by thus promoting exports of US military equipment is promoting financial gain for himself and others at the expense of world peace.
Back on topic, and if Neven agrees, please post anything from the past on the lines of 'lessons have been learned'.