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Prepare developed democracies for long-run economic slowdowns
Prepare developed democracies for long-run economic slowdowns Developed democracies proliferated over the past two centuries during an unprecedented era of economic growth, which may be ending. Macroeconomic forecasts predict slowing growth throughout the twenty-first century for structural reasons such as ageing populations, shifts from goods to services, slowing innovation, and debt. Long-run effects of COVID-19 […]
Nature is a jazz band, not a machine
Nature is a jazz band, not a machine We treat it so at our peril From genetic engineering to geoengineering, we treat nature as though it’s a machine. This view of nature has deep roots in Western thought, all the way to Descartes and Hobbs, but it’s a fundamental misconception with potentially disastrous consequences, argues […]
Earth and Humanity: Myth and Reality
Earth and Humanity: Myth and Reality
Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene
Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene Abstract The scale, pace, and intensity of human activity on the planet demands radical departures from the status quo to remain within planetary boundaries and achieve sustainability. The steering arms of society including embedded financial, legal, political, and governance systems must be radically realigned and […]
Climate Campaigners Say ‘Listen to the Science’ as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years
Climate Campaigners Say ‘Listen to the Science’ as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years The study “changes the baseline and emphasizes just how critical it is to take our situation seriously,” its lead researcher said. A new study published in the journal Nature shows the Earth is now hotter than […]
Panicking about societal collapse? Plunder the bookshelves
Panicking about societal collapse? Plunder the bookshelves As civilization seems to be lurching towards a cliff edge, historical case studies are giving way to big data in authors’ search for understanding. Monuments to resilience or collapse? The 800-year-old statues of Easter Island.Credit: Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty In case you missed it, the end is […]
Climate Campaigners Say ‘Listen to the Science’ as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years
Climate Campaigners Say ‘Listen to the Science’ as New Study Shows Earth Now Warmer Than Any Time in Last 12,000 Years The study “changes the baseline and emphasizes just how critical it is to take our situation seriously,” its lead researcher said. A new study published in the journal Nature shows the Earth is now hotter than […]
Spiked. BC Profs Protest after Publisher Drops Book on Canadian Mining
Spiked. BC Profs Protest after Publisher Drops Book on Canadian Mining UNBC researchers’ book alleging wrongdoing in Guatemala was accepted, reviewed, then cancelled. Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell say their book on the activities of Canadian mining companies in Guatemala was based on years of research in the country. Photo supplied. Two British Columbia university professors […]
New Harvard Study Finds “Elevated Radiation” Levels Near Fracking Sites
New Harvard Study Finds “Elevated Radiation” Levels Near Fracking Sites Fracking has been one of the keys to helping the U.S. achieve its energy independence and become the world’s largest oil and gas producer over the last ten years. But now, it looks like it may be coming with some unintended consequences, according to Reuters. Researchers […]
Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto
Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto Pandemic politics highlight how predictions need to be transparent and humble to invite insight, not blame. Illustration by David Parkins The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates perfectly how the operation of science changes when questions of urgency, stakes, values and uncertainty collide — in the ‘post-normal’ regime. […]
Why am I feeling so anxious? The end of modernism arrives
Why am I feeling so anxious? The end of modernism arrives A friend of mine quipped that it is one thing to talk about the end of modernism—as the two of us have been doing for over 25 years—and quite another to live through it. It might seem that such notions are far too abstract […]
Scientists’ warning on affluence
Scientists’ warning on affluence Abstract For over half a century, worldwide growth in affluence has continuously increased resource use and pollutant emissions far more rapidly than these have been reduced through better technology. The affluent citizens of the world are responsible for most environmental impacts and are central to any future prospect of retreating to […]
New Study Finds Far Greater Methane Threat from Fossil Fuel Industry
New Study Finds Far Greater Methane Threat from Fossil Fuel Industry The gas plays a powerful role in driving up global temperatures. A new study published in Nature may have ended a long scientific debate about the key source of rising methane levels in the atmosphere. It found that methane emissions from human activities — mainly fossil fuels […]
The Uninhabitable Earth.
The Uninhabitable Earth. This is a book review that I wrote, which will be published in the journal, Science Progress, of which I am an editor.“The Uninhabitable Earth.” DAVID WALLACE-WELLS. Allen Lane 2019 ISBN 9780241355213; xx + 310 pp; £20.00 As set in motion by human hands, the forces of the Anthropocene – a word coined to mark the […]
State of Apocalyptic Nature: A Contract with Gaia
State of Apocalyptic Nature: A Contract with Gaia As for the individual, every one is a son of his time; so philosophy also is its time apprehended in thoughts. It is just as foolish to fancy that any philosophy can transcend its present world, as that an individual could leap out of his time or […]
