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Carrington level event reaching the Earth today, for which we are overdue, would fry the nerve system of the entire planet
Gordon White • Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
To prove this hypothesis, Cosmo searched the universe to find another star with an atmosphere that was ejected following a collision with a planet. In the third year of the Crisis Era, he succeeded. “Dr. Cosmo’s team discovered planetary system 275E1, about eighty-four light-years from the Solar System.
Cixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)
En 2009, un groupe international de spécialistes des systèmes de la Terre, ayant à leur tête Johan Rockström et Will Steffen, se sont posé la question et ont identifié neuf processus critiques – comme le système climatique et le cycle de l’eau douce – qui, ensemble, régulent la capacité de la Terre à préserver des conditions semblables à celles de
... See moreKate RAWORTH • La Théorie du donut
Denis Diderot explicitly regarded his Encyclopédie, published between 1751 and 1772, as a safe repository of human knowledge, preserving it for posterity in case of a cataclysm that snuffs our civilization as the ancient cultures of the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans had all been lost, leaving behind only random surviving fragments of their writing.
Lewis Dartnell • The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
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He carefully examined the four holes in the sack, noting that they were small, which meant that the meteorite had not shattered upon firing. He opened the sack and withdrew a large hunk of fresh beef, and with a knife carefully extracted the meteorite that had penetrated it. The four meteorite rods had shattered completely, leaving a small pile of
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World Engines: Destroyer: A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey
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En plus de la guerre nucléaire, l’humanité va affronter dans les prochaines décennies une nouvelle menace existentielle, qui apparaissait à peine sur les radars politiques de 1964 : l’effondrement écologique. Les hommes déstabilisent la biosphère globale sur de multiples fronts. Nous prélevons toujours plus de ressources dans l’environnement, tout
... See morePierre-Emmanuel Dauzat • 21 Leçons pour le XXIème siècle (French Edition)
The Planetary Boundaries report released by the Stockholm Resilience Centre suggested there were nine boundaries we cannot cross and maintain a sustainable economy. They are climate change, stratospheric ozone, land use change, freshwater use, biological diversity, ocean acidification, nitrogen and