Anthropocene Stories
The Anthropocene Nightstand
Bookmarks for a Human Age
Are We Approaching Peak Stuff?
Almost imperceptibly, we are stepping off the consumption treadmill
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
The human population curve is on the move
Demography teaches an important lesson about population explosions: they are always temporary
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?
The Great Decoupling
The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.
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.
On Wizardly Prophets and Prophetic Wizards
Ted Nordhaus reviews The Wizard and The Prophet by Charles Mann
A memo from the year 2050
Here's how we avoided the worst of zoonotic diseases
After spending time around humans, animals lose their fear of predators
This has implications for a number of conservation initiatives from reintroductions to ecotourism.
