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The Harsh Truth About Global Warming — And What We Can Do About It

We still don’t understand why it matters and why we should act.

Serge Faldin
6 min readJan 11, 2020
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There’s a lot of talk about climate change these days. And I think that even now, with all that’s happening (Australian fires, Siberian fires, melting ice caps and Greta Tunberg on all the news) — people are not quite sure what’s going on.

We still don’t understand why it matters and why we should act.

And, most importantly, how we should act.

My job as a writer and blogger, I believe — is to spread the word. Hence, this post.

THE TRUTH

Donald Trump thinks global warming is a scam.
(Probably, created by Chinese)

Last year, I read the book The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells. The first sentence of that book:

It’s worse. Much worse than you think.

And indeed, it is.

Here’s the truth:

The Earth has experienced five mass extinctions in the past, with 75–86% of all species on the planet dead.

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Serge Faldin
Serge Faldin

Written by Serge Faldin

Honest thoughts. Unpopular opinions. Not necessarily true or smart. | Bylines: The Guardian, Truthout, Meduza, Prospect | Personal essays: sergeys.substack.com

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