Tales of the late Anthropocene

Disrupted by the noise and the itching of human tools, the fossil dragon* woke up, grumpy and confused. He carved his way to the surface and spewed. His smoky, sulphurous, and dusty breath made the sky turn black and the air became thick and heavy. Global warming went ice cold and the northern hemisphere was covered in snow again.

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*Fossil dragon – a frequently used metaphor to describe a period of massive extraction of fossil resources after the arctic thaw. This led to increased methane and carbon emissions, Some nations turned to geo engineering to mitigate the impacts, but a volcanic erruption multiplied the cooling effect of artificial sulfur dioxide. A human made cold period in the Holocene was the consequence. Known as the big fuck-up.