Om 1935 orror writer H.P. Lovecraft imagined all the water on earth drying up–thereby foreseeing the dangers posed by climate change.
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Hydrocarbons Are Our Dark Satanic Mills
Blake’s “Jerusalem” can be read as a challenge to oppose the forces of climate change that threaten our beautiful country.
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Ragnarok, an Extreme Weather Event
Gaiman’s account of the Norse apocalypse Ragnarok comes close to describing a world destroyed by climate change.
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Our Children Will Reproach Us
If we fail to take adequate measures to stave off catastrophic climate change, our children and grandchildren will see sea levels rise by three meters by the century’s end. Lucille Clifton has a poem that describes how they would regard us.
Introducing a New Genre: Cli-Fi
Weather disappeared largely from literature when it was seen unrealted to the actions of humans. With climate change now upon us, however, a new literary genre has arisen.
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Hydrocarbons Unleash an Angry God
Euripides’ “The Bacchae” can be read as a parable of climate change denialism.
Out of Denialism and into Responsibility
Denialism such as we are seeing with regard to climate change is well describe in “All the King’s Men.”
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Beasts of the Southern Wild–Our Future?
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” points to the devastation coastal communities can expect from climate change.
