Marshall Brain

Climate change has not really taken a deep bite out of humanity yet, says Dr. Marshall Brain. Here’s why he believes nothing “truly catastrophic” has happened to humanity because of the effects of climate change—yet—and a deep dive at the catastrophes that could be on the horizon.

Things are way, way worse than you think when it comes to climate change. The reason people can believe that everything is going to be OK is because they have not taken the time to comprehend all the different things that are going wrong simultaneously, nor how seriously these things are going wrong. Here’s a deep dive in the challenges we face.

Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” –  is a contributor to WRAL TechWire.  He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Threats.” Brain has written several posts recently about the threat of climate change. His exclusive columns written for TechWire...

It is time to put all this prayer to good use. It is time to pray for a proper volcanic eruption to cool the Earth. The sooner the better. Otherwise, global heating will continue to get worse and worse in the years to come.

Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire.  Brain takes a serious as well as entertaining look at a world of possibilities for Earth and the human race.  He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s...