The Hole in the Sky That We Actually Fixed
Humans making fake cave art to save real cave art may feel like Peak Anthropocene absurdity, but I confess I find it overwhelmingly hopeful that four kids and a dog named Robot discovered a cave containing seventeen-thousand-year-old handprints, that the two teenagers who could stay devoted themselves to the cave’s protection, and that when humans
... See moreJohn Green • The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
The “perfect storm” that lies ahead is caused by the collision of changing climate; spreading ecological disorder (including deforestation, soil loss, water shortages, species loss, ocean acidification); population growth; unfair distribution of the costs, risks, and benefits of economic growth; national, ethnic, and religious tensions; and the pro
... See moreThe Worldwatch Institute • State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
“The world is very different now, for man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.”
Jeffrey D. Sachs • The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions
The most satisfying discoveries have come from random things
Helen Czerski • Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
Excavating the shaft through the rock of Mercury was the first large-scale engineering project humanity had undertaken on another planet in the Solar System.