A man continues wearing eclipse glasses well after a solar eclipse passes, prompting his companions at a bar to label him a climate denier. The scene underscores how some individuals persist in rejecting established climate science despite clear evidence. The editorial position criticizes this refusal to acknowledge reality as a form of willful ignorance that hinders progress on environmental issues.
A political cartoon published October 11, 2024, depicts a climate change denier on a nearly submerged island who finally accepts the science and asks to return to the mainland before the next hurricane. His companion points out that the flooded land is the mainland. The image responds to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which caused widespread flooding in Florida and North Carolina in September and October 2024. The cartoon uses the desert island trope to illustrate how some skeptics only acknowledge climate impacts after personal exposure to extreme weather. It underscores the irreversible effects of sea level rise and storm intensification already underway.
The image shows a man in a denier shirt bound to a post amid flames and smoke. A second figure stands nearby also tied. The words climate change appear on the ground below. A caption has the denier asking for Visine because smoke from global wildfires clouds vision. The scene responds to 2018 reports of widespread fires in California and other regions linked to warming trends.
