This week on the Compass we talk with award-winning journalist Dahr Jamail about his new book titled The End of Ice, for which he circled the globe to document in devastating detail the heartbreaking realities of runaway climate disruption. Listen to the interview here.
The Young Turks (TV interview)
Watch the interview about The End of Ice here. February 8, 2019.
As the Climate Collapses, We Ask: “How Then Shall We Live?”
Perhaps the wisdom we need most is already right before our eyes. Read the full story on Truthout.
The Polar Vortex Is Climate Disruption in Action
The sub-zero temperatures across the country don’t contradict global warming. They’re actually caused by it. Read the full story on Truthout.
We Are Destroying Our Life Support System
Runaway climate disruption has made extinction a reality. Will humans be able to adapt? Read the full story on Truthout.
In Facing Mass Extinction, We Must Allow Ourselves to Grieve
In this excerpt from The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, author Dahr Jamail explains how he learned to process the heartbreaking truth of inevitable climate destruction and the possibility of mass extinction. Read the excerpt here.
A Mountaineer Writes A Firsthand Report From The World’s Melting Glaciers
NPR’s Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with journalist Dahr Jamail about his new book, “The End of Ice,” on climate change and its consequences to nature and humans. Listen to the interview here.
Book Review: The End of Ice by Dahr Jamail
Deena Metzger calls Dahr Jamail’s new book a record of “the terrible knowledge, moral anguish, and great love of a journalist who embeds himself in the physical reality that the natural world is suffering.” Read the review here.
CBS Interview Jan. 17, 2019
Brief interview about my new book on CBS in NYC today, you can view it here.
The World Will End in Fire (Review of The End of Ice)
I’ve never shared the widespread interest in hope or despair. We have a moral responsibility to do what needs doing. What more has to be said? But the work of the doctor/narrator in Albert Camus’ The Plague, which I’ve referred people to as a model is not quite right — or at least could be misleading.