The Great Decoupling
The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.
The Great Decoupling
Anthropocene Stories
An Anthropocene Journey
An Anthropocene Journey
The word “anthropocene” has become the closest thing there is to common shorthand for this turbulent, momentous, unpredictable, hopeless, hopeful time—duration and scope still unknown
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.
On Wizardly Prophets and Prophetic Wizards
On Wizardly Prophets and Prophetic Wizards
Ted Nordhaus reviews The Wizard and The Prophet by Charles Mann
Societies have reshaped landscapes for thousands of years. So why is the Anthropocene so destructive?
Societies have reshaped landscapes for thousands of years. So why is the Anthropocene so destructive?
Researchers show humans have transformed the majority of terrestrial ecosystems for the past 12,000 years without causing large scale extinctions. Colonization, appropriation and displacement are likely to blame.
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.
When You’re in a Carbon Hole Stop Digging
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: 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
Picturing a Way Forward
Picturing a Way Forward
An interview with Kim Stanley Robinson: Climate change, science fiction, and our collective failure of imagination