The Earth’s Warning We Ignored | Dover News

Dover News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 24, 2026 · 1m

Scientists have known for over a century that fossil fuels are warming the planet, but we’re only now fully confronting the consequences—intense heat waves, floods, and storms that signal we’ve entered an age of extremes. Even if emissions stopped today, CO2 already in the atmosphere would keep heating the Earth for centuries. Human nature makes us avoid worst-case thinking, slowing urgent action, while scientists tread carefully around certainty. The science is clear: catastrophe isn’t a question of if, but when. Records are shattering, tipping points like dying coral reefs and a…