“While humans are killing humans, and governments are spending on weaponry as if there is no tomorrow, the environment is collapsing.”

By Andrea Germanos.  Published 3-25-2022 by Common Dreams

This satellite image taken by NASA on February 2022 shows The Conger/Glenzer (Bowman Island) ice shelf and associated fast ice pre-collapse.

Satellite imagery showing the recent “complete collapse” of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica sparked fresh alarm over the climate emergency on Friday.

“While humans are killing humans, and governments are spending on weaponry as if there is no tomorrow, the environment is collapsing—so that there will be no tomorrow,” said former Greek finance minister and Progressive International co-founder Yanis Varoufakis.

The collapse, as The Guardian and CNET reported Thursday, occurred around March 15. Continue reading →