MAINE MONITOR • October 1, 2023
Now two disparate forces — exceptional human longevity and an unprecedented climate crisis — are converging, confronting us with an inconvenient truth: In a cruel twist of fate, we’re going to live longer than ever, just as the full force and fury of global warming take an imperiled Earth by storm. How ironic that in the history of our species’ evolution, more of us than ever are going to reach 100 at arguably the worst possible time. We owe it to ourselves, and especially to those future centenarian 5-year-olds, to do our utmost now to reverse or at least slow the effects of our most existential threat.