Tim Flannery, Here on Earth: An Argument for Hope, Text, […]

A new pandemic is sweeping the planet. A rogue form of climatitis, it is more virulent than Robyn’s rancoria, Flannery’s fever and the delirium typical of advanced cases of Gaia nervosa.

The UNFCC’s new Costa Rican executive secretary used her opening statement to urge attendees to embrace the wisdom of Ixchel. The “high-segment” audience fortunately was spared details of the goddess’s darker – and bloodier – side. Could a formidable old woman with a writhing serpent headdress and crossed bones embroidered on her skirt ever be reasonable?

“Warmerland’s had a huge increase in acne, acronyms, acts of God, algae, alligator allergies, anthropogenic interference, antibody deficiencies, anxiety, argy-bargy, astrology, asylum seekers, atmospheric anomalies, barmy armies, bats, beatifications, bee stings, big steps forward, black dogs, blizzards, blue mussels, boredom, bozonorexia nervosa, brain-eating bacteria, broken jaws, bubble blowing, bubonic plague, bunnies.....”

Alice’s misadventures continue in the second part of Michael Kile’s new climate fantasy.

The Rabbit then ran off towards the wood. Alice noticed something printed in big letters on the back of his jacket: “Save Our Planet! Climate Action NOW!” How odd, she thought. Why was everyone so worried about saving the planet?

Climate modelling of new data from the Aztec Codex Cihuacoatl […]