Bill McKibben is a co-founder of 360.org, a global organization committed to campaigns fighting coal power plants, oil and natural gas. Middlebury College and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: In the course of this month, a quadrillion kernels of corn need to pollinate across the grain belt, something they can’t do if temperatures remain off the charts. Just like us, our crops are adapted to the Holocene, the 11,000-year period of climatic stability we’re now leaving… in the dust. Which tell the truth, the words or photos in this article?
