Anthropocene Stories
How to Die in The Anthropocene
Death is inevitable, but its
environmental toll may not have to be.
When You’re in a Carbon Hole Stop Digging
Here’s a coal retirement plan that doesn’t rely on uninvented technology or science-challenged leaders.
The Anthropocene Nightstand
Bookmarks for a Human Age
Milk Without the Cow. Eggs Without the Chicken.
Yeast-derived “animal products” may soon be part of an environmentally balanced diet
The Carnery
Imagine a culinary future with in vitro meat . . .The real thing may not be as far away as you think
Cutting Loose the Climate Future from the Carbon Past
Geoengineering demands a new way of looking at the world—one that can be troubling.
Biophony
Soundscape ecology plunges us into a wilder world beyond the mundane and merely visual
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
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?