The Great Decoupling
The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.
The Great Decoupling
Anthropocene Stories
Maps of the New World
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.
After spending time around humans, animals lose their fear of predators
After spending time around humans, animals lose their fear of predators
This has implications for a number of conservation initiatives from reintroductions to ecotourism.
Instead of Trump’s Wall, Let’s Build a Border of Solar Panels
Instead of Trump’s Wall, Let’s Build a Border of Solar Panels
A solar border would alleviate a range of binational problems. For one, it would have a civilizing effect.
Artificial Intelligence and Decarbonization
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.
Picturing a Way Forward
Picturing a Way Forward
An interview with Kim Stanley Robinson: Climate change, science fiction, and our collective failure of imagination
The Anthropocene: Paul Crutzen’s Epochal Legacy
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
How Much Energy Will the World Need?
How Much Energy Will the World Need?
Any climate plan that doesn’t consider this question is bound to fail.
The Carnery
The Carnery
Imagine a culinary future with in vitro meat . . .The real thing may not be as far away as you think