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Climate Crisis

  • The Buzz On Bees
    The Buzz On Bees

    Bees and other pollinators are vital to the food chain.

    by Caryn Hunt
  • Too Much Water, and Not Enough
    Too Much Water, and Not Enough

    It’s a paradox of climate change that rising global temperatures mean rising seas but also retreating freshwater resources. What technologies can help?

    by Caryn Hunt
  • Climate Change Solutions Gone Wild
    Climate Change Solutions Gone Wild

    Rewilding – a low-tech solution to reducing carbon emissions – revitalizes ecosystems and protects biodiversity.

    by Caryn Hunt
  • What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
    What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

    A convergence of technologies is swiftly transforming the world. Are you ready for its perils and opportunities?

    by Caryn Hunt
  • “The Focus is ‘Enough’ Rather Than ‘More’”
    “The Focus is ‘Enough’ Rather Than ‘More’”

    The mainstream economics notion that unfettered growth accompanied by greater consumption and productivity benefits society is false, argues Rob Dietz, Program Director at the Post Carbon Institute. In an interview with getAbstract, he shares his…

    by Sara Küpfer
  • “We Lead the World in Science, and We Also Lead the World in Opposition to Science”
    Jared Diamond, American historian and anthropologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and UCLA professor, playing piano in the living room of his home in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles; photo by Damon Casarez /Redux/laif
    “We Lead the World in Science, and We Also Lead the World in Opposition to Science”

    Jared Diamond, world-famous historian of societal crises and collapses, currently lives in self-imposed quarantine in California. When he’s not writing papers on the birds of New Guinea or playing Beethoven sonatas on the piano, he…

    by Michael Wiederstein
  • “What Are Future Society’s Biggest Challenges?”
    “What Are Future Society’s Biggest Challenges?”

    The climate crisis, migration, artificial intelligence – these are just some of the challenges our kids will be grappling with.

    by Sara Küpfer