Anthropocene Stories
Blurring Life’s Boundaries
Darwinian theory is based on the idea that heredity flows vertically, parent to offspring, and that life’s history has branched like a tree. Now we know otherwise: that the ‘tree' of life isn’t that simple.
The Carnery
Imagine a culinary future with in vitro meat . . .The real thing may not be as far away as you think
Hacking Nature
For decades, humans have modeled technology on observations of the natural world. But new discoveries about nature—and tools for manipulating it—have opened up novel approaches potentially more powerful than mere imitation to solving Human Age problems.
Human-Driven Evolution Is a Hallmark of the Anthropocene
The Human Age will be shaped by the species we create and foster as well as the ones we kill off
A View from Everywhere All the Time
Tech companies are rapidly networking the environment in ways that will transform our perception of nature—just as social media reshaped our relationships with each other. What could possibly go wrong?
How Much Energy Will the World Need?
The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.
The Great Decoupling
The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.
How to Die in The Anthropocene
Death is inevitable, but its
environmental toll may not have to be.
Artificial Intelligence and Decarbonization
New experiments are pushing artificial intelligence and sensor networks into the grid—and into factories, data centers, and transit systems—in order to pull fossil fuels out.
One Man’s Trash . . .
Mining landfills for metals and energy
