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The Politics of Famine
A common misconception is that hunger crises are about a lack of food. In Northern Kenya, where an estimated...
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Three-Quarters of Climate Change is Man-Made
Natural climate variability is extremely unlikely to have contributed more than about one-quarter of the temperature rise observed in...
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Earth in Balmy 2080
We cannot say for sure what kind of a home Earth will offer in 2080, but averages made across...
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Warmer World Is the Challenge of a Generation
In the last few weeks major reports by the International Energy Agency and the UN Environment Programme have concluded...
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Pushing Past the Taboo of Climate Adaptation
Climate adaptation: reconfiguring our world’s economies and policies to work under a more extreme climate. While that might seem...
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What Is the Future of Knowledge in the Internet Age?
David Weinberger is one of our most incisive thinkers about the digital age, a senior researcher at Harvard University’s...
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It’s Time Scientists Set an Example by Reducing Their Carbon Footprint
The carbon footprint of the science community is tiny by comparison with the rest of society. Yet changes will...
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How Much Will the Earth Warm Up?
Scientists say the Earth will warm in response to increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, but since the...
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“Earliest” Evidence of Human Violence
A healed fracture discovered on an ancient skull from China may be the oldest documented evidence of violence between...