Art Berman

The Iran War looks less like another geopolitical crisis and more like a phase shift for industrial civilization.

After tracing Earth’s climate story across deep time, we arrive at the final chapter where the long rhythms of the Cenozoic, the precision of the ice cores, and the shock of the modern carbon pulse converge.

The debate about climate change is often framed as a disagreement between those who see it as a threat to civilization and those who point out that climate has always changed naturally.

Earth’s history over the last 4.5 billion years—from volcanic upheavals and drifting continents to the evolution of climate—has been shaped by a simple thermodynamic reality: Earth is hot and space is cold.

The world is experiencing the largest oil supply disruption in modern history, yet crude prices show remarkably little urgency.

A little more than 200 years ago, the French physicist Joseph Fourier recognized a mystery.

Temperature is the foundation of every discussion about climate.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why climate change is so difficult to discuss calmly.

The climate debate is consumed by arguments over causes and proposed solutions while largely missing the question that matters: Can civilization survive a much warmer world?

A friend called me and said he had never been more confused by oil prices.

I thought I’d heard it all until I listened to Rob Hopkins describe leading audiences on imaginary time-travel journeys to a future where humanity has done everything right.

A man without convictions, without habits, without traditions.