Overthinking human nature and its footmark from a distance
What drives wildfires, and is humanity—and its environment—more at risk today?
… While fire is a natural phenomenon… which is beneficial for ecosystems, unnatural wildfires can also destroy ecosystems, properties, and human lives, and reduce air quality. So, what causes wildfires nowadays, and what is the relationship between wildfires and climate change?……
2026-07-24
How does climate change affect life on Earth, both regionally and globally, and what is it actually telling us?
The effects of climate change vary by region worldwide. The five main climate regions into which the world can be divided are affected by climate change in different ways. So, how does climate change roughly affect human health, human societies, and nature in these regions and is climate change really the issue that humanity should be most concerned about?…
2026-07-17
LONGREAD: Urban climate conditions explained: shifting the climate debate from who is right or wrong to understanding the complex urban climate reality
Climate change is mainly a challenge for urban human populations around the world... The urban climate reality is complex and can easily lead to misunderstandings in public debate. So, what does the urban climate footprint look like? Should the debate really be about who is right or wrong, or is there actually no clear right or wrong in this complex climate reality?…
2026-07-10
Is climate change in itself necessarily a threat to humans?
Climate change is as old as the estimated 4.54 billion years that the Earth has existed. Over the past five hundred million years, global temperatures were too high for persistent polar ice caps... Homo sapiens appeared approximately 300,000 years ago. On average, humans can adapt better to moderate heat than to prolonged, severe cold. So, what makes climate change a threat to humanity?…
2026-07-03