Self-promotion

And now, a little self-promotion. I have a piece up on Seed's online magazine, "The Anthropogenic Trap," in which I examine the warnings of some scientists who say we're taking the whole guilt thing too far. Here's the opening.

This year may be remembered as the year the weight of climate change finally began to sink in. It only took climate scientists two decades of banging their heads against the wall to accomplish it. While most observers call that cause for celebration, a few researchers are worried the climatologists have been too successful. They point to an increasing tendency to blame humans for ecological mysteries, a bias that's shaping funding priorities and hampering attempts to better understand natural history.

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Excellent essay! I read Paul Martin's paper a few months ago and wondered if his theory was true given the changing climate conditions at the time.