continued from previous “Are you sure?” – said Ben “It is one of our working hypotheses at the moment”, Olivia replied. “It is possible that hurricanes, and other storms, combined with tropical temperatures, act almost like a shaking incubator environment: they increase gas exchange at the sea surface, therefore providing more CO2 for the phytoplankton – … Continue reading A New Earth – Hurricane World
continued from previous Julia felt empowered. Her days of self-blame, endless rumination and indecision were over. She was not afraid of anyone anymore, not the least her own slave masters. She was ready to take charge of her situation and change everything, even if this meant collateral damage to some. She was ready to take … Continue reading A New Earth – Julia’s Wrath
continued from previous “Julia certainly looks scary” – said the deep fake Kim Kardashian, pointing to the satellite map. “Get yourselves ready for your first ever phytoplankton hurricane. And a category 6 for that matter!” “That’s right” said the Trump deep fake. “For those of you who already lived through Elvira, Walter and Fiona, you … Continue reading A New Earth – Julia
continued from previous “Good morning! Can I show you something?” Michael said to Olivia as she was taking a slow sip of her coffee. She took her time putting down the cup on the benchtop, avoiding to look in his direction. Arms crossed, she got up and followed him to his station. Pausing as she … Continue reading A New Earth – Genesis II
continued from previous Of course, John wasn’t the only one who knew that the natural world was accelerating towards a new order. Artificial Intelligence programs, originally designed with the purpose of forecasting investment performance, had self-learned the art of speculation to the point where they could predict almost anything, about anyone. It wasn’t until their … Continue reading A New Earth – The Oracle
continued from previous “You mean that we’ve crossed the tipping point and into ecosystem self-destruction?” Olivia asked. Her look was one of both astonishment and concern. “In order to create, first you must destroy” John said. “Earth is trying to rebuild the food chain from scratch, while there’s still time and resources. She’s started at … Continue reading A New Earth – Deconstruction
continued from previous Olivia was pretending to sort through the stack of papers in front of her on the podium. She didn’t want to look straight into the crowd, for fear that her nerves may get the better of her. The lights were finally dimming in the lecture hall, as journalists secured last-minute strategic positions … Continue reading A New Earth – Fuel
An extremely durable exoskeleton that a mutated form of the Humanity species developed. Due to the significant survival advantages that this exoskeleton initially imparted, the mutant was able to quickly expand across the world, colonising new habitats, replacing wild-type humans and threatening the existence of many other life forms. Eventually humanity became trapped inside its … Continue reading Car
(FINE PRINT) 100 other species are going extinct daily As much as we consider Nature non-sentient, it definitely has its thinking hat on at the moment: it is beginning to tackle climate change before humans can even begin to acknowledge it. It is doing this by trying to curb human population, the number one aggravator of … Continue reading Hormonal Karma: Sperm counts are nose-diving for the most populous animal on Earth
It is a river like no other. Traversing the Earth in a straight line, it has no time for twists and turns, no desire to smell the roses along the way. It only cares about transporting its sad, silent load: not fish, not humans, not even water. It is a river of electronics, clothing and every other gadget … Continue reading The Suez Canal
George Tsakraklides 