Climate upheaval
June was the hottest month ever recorded; July may be worse.
*If humanity really is at the controls, then
it is drunk.*
The author hopes that the name "Anthropocene" will make people aware
of the need to exercise wise stewardship of Earth's climate and land
use. I have worried that it would make people drunk on a feeling
of power, and suggested the name "Obscene"
instead. "Chaoticene" is another idea, because that's what it is producing:
unpredictable disasters. Though we can see some trends that will continue,
the local effects may continue to include unpredictable disasters among the predicted disasters.