There is no Planet B

Settling humanity elsewhere isn't a feasible option, so we'd better make sure we keep our planet habitable.

President Donald Trump during a meeting with some of the country's top politicians and public officials in the Oval office in March. Mr. Trump has decided to pull the United States out the international Paris climate agreement.Photograph by Benjamin Applebaum courtesy of the White House

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

June 7, 2017

The impact of human activity on Earth’s atmosphere, landscapes, and oceans is so profound that some scientists recognize a new epoch of man-made change—the last 250 years, since the first industrial revolution—as the Anthropocene. According to climatologists, the Earth may tolerate, ...

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