Australia is burning to ashes, but will it matter? | Ricochet
We have just passed through a decade filled with examples of large-scale
disasters linked to the climate’s breakdown. Yet, insofar as they had
any political effect, it is, chillingly, as though they never took
place.
disasters linked to the climate’s breakdown. Yet, insofar as they had
any political effect, it is, chillingly, as though they never took
place.
As I write this, uncontrollable wildfires have been burning in Australia for weeks, with a staggering toll: more than 30 lives lost, 3,000 homes burned, an estimated billion animals killed, and many species pushed closer to extinction. The images that have dominated media coverage are harrowing. Once-living ecosystems turned to ash inside annihilating fires. Rescued wildlife in recovery, eyes smoke-swollen, fur replaced with scab and scar. A young joey’s charred remains still caught in a too-unyielding fence.