Climate Fiction | "Dark Heat: A Sarah and JanetN Mystery" by Tom Riley
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SYNOPSIS
Working in a near future where climate change has hit and hit hard, Sarah and JanetM, a human/AI are a research team. Their boring work for small businesses is disrupted when a friend/ex-lover vanishes. A major climate disruption in Southeast Asia has put the world into full food insecurity.
A black-market gang has hijacked a grain shipment intended for the devastated area. This action could endanger thousands of faraway people.
Our team thinks this gang is responsible for the disappearance of their friend, too. The friend’s family offer to pay our team’s fee even if it is only to give the body a proper burial. The hunt is on.
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
Today, we are faced with the explosion of Artificial Intelligence
and the problems of our climate crisis.
Each hammering could be as big
as the Industrial Revolution
or the Great Depression.
Would stories help us to understand
our fast approaching futures?
Would a new mystery in
this series then be in order?
Your comments will be much appreciated,
particularly, comments from young people
who must live this challenging double transition.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tom Riley spent nearly four decades as a NASA engineer,
where he played a pivotal role in developing
Earth science instruments. Upon retiring, he founded
a grassroots space initiative and dedicated his time to
tutoring students in STEM subjects.
Confronted by the escalating climate crisis, Tom was compelled
to address this urgent issue through storytelling.
His Sarah and JanetN series explores the critical question:
"What message do we convey to our young people
about our planet's future?"
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Start
0:16 - About The Author
0:47 - A Note From The Author...
1:26 - Chapter 1: Potatoes
17:24 - JanetN's Sustainable Serendipity Blog 1: Black Market Food
21:20 - Chapter 2: A Real Case
32:18 - JanetN's Sustainable Serendipity Blog 2: Community Gardening
36:18 - Chapter 3: Gone
44:00 - JanetN's Sustainable Serendipity Blog 3: The Place of AI in Society
47:48 - Chapter 4: Beginnings
1:06:01 - JanetN's Sustainable Serendipity Blog 4: Wet Bulb
1:09:58 - Chapter 5: Too Hot
1:21:49 - JanetO's Sustainable Serendipity Blog 5: What should we do with old AIs?
1:26:03 - Chapter 6: The Bridge
1:38:57 - JanetO's Sustainable Serendipity Blog 6: Infrastructure
1:42:50 - Chapter 7: Fighting Back
1:57:21 - JanetO’s Sustainable Serendipity Blog 7: Domestic v. Foreign Need
2:01:05 - Chapter 8: Summer Garden
2:09:27 - JanetO’s Sustainable Serendipity Blog 8: The Importance of the Arctic
2:12:27 - Chapter 9: Night Plans
2:24:39 - JanetO’s Sustainable Serendipity Blog 9: Climate Tipping Points
2:28:14 - Chapter 10: Night Moves
2:39:18 - JanetO’s Sustainable Serendipity Blog 10: Social Tipping Points
2:43:02 - Chapter 11: Loose Ends
2:50:58 - JanetO’s Sustainable Serendipity Blog 11: The Intersection of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss: Understanding the Crisis
2:55:34 - Chapter 12: Randy?
3:05:34 - JanetO’s Sustainable Serendipity Blog 12: From Awareness to Action: Inspiring Climate Change Activism
3:09:30 - Chapter 13: Goodbyes
3:18:18 - JanetO’s Sustainable Serendipity Blog 13: The Future We Face
3:22:55 - Outro