Anthropocene Stories
A Symbol for The Anthropocene
There could be more than 60 billion of them on the planet
Maps of the New World
How do we think about our future place in a geographically altered world? A map is a good place to start.
The Anthropocene: Paul Crutzen’s Epochal Legacy
He came to science late in his life, helped to preserve the Earth’s protective ozone, and fundamentally changed our views of nature and ourselves
The Climate Change Apocalypse Problem
Thinking about apocalypse, like thinking about one’s own death, is not something that most of us have much enthusiasm for
The Circular Economy Made Real
In more and more pockets of the industrial landscape, the byproducts of one process are becoming the raw materials for another, trash is getting a useful second life, and waste is becoming a thing of the past.
The Carnery
Imagine a culinary future with in vitro meat . . .The real thing may not be as far away as you think
The Great Decoupling
The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.
After spending time around humans, animals lose their fear of predators
This has implications for a number of conservation initiatives from reintroductions to ecotourism.
Biophony
Soundscape ecology plunges us into a wilder world beyond the mundane and merely visual
A memo from the year 2050
Here's how we avoided the worst of zoonotic diseases
