Posthuman Blues

Collapse of Antarctic Ice Shelf Unprecedented

"The Antarctic Peninsula is undergoing greater warming than almost anywhere on Earth, a condition perhaps associated with human-induced greenhouse effects. According to the cover article published in the August 4 issue of the journal Nature, the spectacular collapse of the Antarctica's Larson B Ice Shelf, an area roughly the size of Rhode Island, is unprecedented during the past 10,000 years."

Our planet is falling to pieces -- and we get to watch! Sort of a bizarre realization. In a perverse anthropic sense, we're actually quite privileged to be front-row to stuff like this. And it's only going to get better, folks!