Can the global climate be stabilized before runaway change creates conditions that are too hot for human civilization and deadly for most species? Leading Earth System scientists warn: “The Earth System may be approaching a planetary threshold that could lock in a continuing rapid pathway toward much hotter conditions. … Incremental linear changes to the present socioeconomic system are not enough to stabilize the Earth System.” ‘Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene’ by Will Steffen et al. [1] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 6, 2018 reviewed by Ian Angus Scientific papers don’t often make front page news, but this one certainly did. On August 6, the UK Guardian declared that a “Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state.” The New York Times warned of a “World at risk of heading towards irreversible ‘hothouse’ state.” Sky News said that “Earth is […]