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Earth’s “Third Pole” and Its Role in Global Climate
Lake Ximencuo, a glacial moraine lake, sits among mountain peaks on the Tibetan Plateau. Credit: Tenace10/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0…
The Speculative Promise and Peril of Hyperintelligent Minds
Hyperintelligent entities, if they exist or will exist, could conceivably solve problems and generate insights that are currently…
From Gaia to AI – A Vision For An AI-Guided Planet
In our ongoing discourse about the future of Artificial Intelligence, a critical concept arises – Novacene. The Novacene…
Here’s How To Care For Your Phone And The Environment
The Earth is already suffering due to decades of toxic waste from all sorts and kinds of different…
Earth Day 50: An Earth Day Unlike Any Other
This year, Earth Day leads the call for greater action in tackling the climate crisis. April 22 marks…
Nature Is So Good for You That Even Watching It On TV Improves Well-Being
Humans have long intuited that being in nature is good for the mind and body. From indigenous adolescents…
State Of The Earth 2019: Red Alert
The State of the Earth is not an annual message that we look forward to. The report published…
How The Maths Of Network Resilience Could Help Us Preserve At-Risk Ecosystems
Ecosystems are networks so intricate that their survival or collapse is extremely difficult to predict. However, by mapping…
Digital Earth: The Paradigm Now Shaping Our World’s Data Cities
Today’s smart cities rely on networks: squillions of semiconductor devices that constantly pulse electromagnetic waves (light and radio…
Forget The Anthropocene: We’ve Entered The Synthetic Age
One fact about our time is becoming increasingly well-known. No matter how far you travel, no matter in…
If Energy Becomes Free In The Future, How Will That Affect Our Lives?
Technology is making the cost of many things trend towards zero. Things we used to have to pay…
Cities Offer Hope For Saving Native Species
The rapid conversion of natural lands to cement-dominated urban centers is causing great losses in biodiversity. Yet, according…
What People Get Wrong About Climate Change
When discussing climate change, it’s not about saving the planet. 195 countries just made a historic agreement to…
Three Enlightenment About Earth From Astronauts
“My first view of Earth happened a few seconds after launch,” says scientist Helen Sharman, the first British…
Why The Future Is Uncertain For Earth’s Island Worlds
The future is uncertain for Earth’s incredible island worlds The Earth is a blue planet with oceans covering…
Project West Ford: Earth’s Artificial Ring
In the summer of 1963, the United States successfully put a gigantic ring around the earth. But unlike…
The 10 Maps Of Exquisite Beauty And Elegance
During much of history, maps were designed as much for beauty and display as for accuracy. When maps…
The Top 5 US States Who Gives A Damn About Our Planet
Across the nation, Americans are going green – and they’re heading online for more information. Even their search…
Space Trekking: What The Future Holds For Interplanetary Travel
Is interplanetary travel possible? — It has been talked about and dreamt of before by so many in…
10 Habits To Start On Earth Day Instead Of Just Celebrating Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! As we celebrate Earth Day today there are different activities all over the world that…
Why We Earth Day: Then. Now. Future.
Earth Day is an annual celebration that honors the achievements of the environmental movement and raises awareness of…
How Earth Will Evolve 10,000 Years From Now
Climate change means the end of our world, but the beginning of another—one with a new set of…
How Can We Live Within The Means Of Our Planet?
We are used to hearing that if everyone lived in the same way as North Americans or Australians,…
Where We Should And Shouldn’t Build Roads In The Future
“Road Map” shows where economic benefits from roads are as high as the danger they pose to the…
The 9 Limits Of Our Planet & How We’ve Raced Past 4 Of Them
Johan Rockström says humanity has already raced past four of the nine boundaries keeping our planet hospitable to…
Cities Save The Earth From Humanity
Can humans grow enough food, produce enough energy and still preserve some of the last refuges of other…
365 Days Of Earth CO2 Emissions
The gas that’s got Earth in a chokehold can be beautiful—in a damning sort of way. A supercomputer-generated…
When Humans Started To Rule The Planet
A new study argues it happened all the way back when we invented farming. Signs of human impact…
Humanity’s Impact On Earth : 30 Years In A Blink Of An Eye
Since the 1970s, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey have been amassing satellite images of every inch of…