The only hope of saving himself was to do the unthinkable: hack off his own arm with a small knife. Wolves, coyotes, and other animals have also been known to chew off their own legs to escape from a trap. April and May saw the highest ocean surface temperatures for this period since records began in 1850. Nature urgently needs the breathing space to allow ecosystems, on land and in the oceans, to begin to recover. As in wartime, we must now ration carbon as a key resource, which means learning to live within harsh planetary boundaries.

Source: Irish Examiner June 28, 2023 09:28 UTC