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How historical perspective on catastrophe can create paralysis about present crisis

I study ice cores in Greenland and I spend my days looking at evidence of past climate catastrophes while trying not to think about the current one we're creating.

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Knowledge of past disasters can make present action feel both urgent and futile simultaneously.

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