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“Is It Going to Get Us?” Climate Dystopia, Borders, and the Future

A reflection on the world’s heatwaves and fires, from the borderlands of Greece and Arizona.

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Todd Miller
Aug 03, 2023
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How we saw the fire in Corfu on July 23. (Photo by Todd Miller)

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On the evening of July 23, my phone buzzed with an emergency alert. I was on the island of Corfu, Greece. There was a fire. Sure enough, I looked up and saw a plume of smoke coming over a ridge. It didn’t look far. Was it just a cloud? No— as night fell, my frivolous hope was debunked when t…

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