World / Environment
Appetite for Destruction
Slideshow / by / February 18, 2010
Chris Jordan traveled to a remote area of the Pacific and returned with snapshots of a burgeoning ecological crisis, from the belly of the world’s largest garbage pile.
Now In Environment
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Rethinking Light and Sound
The director of the Census of Marine Life on broadening the scope of global change to include illumination and noise.
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The Environmental Revival
Which modern enviro concepts are throwbacks to the past? Four experts discuss the technologies, laws, and states of mind that have their roots in the first wave of the environmental movement.
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A Manifesto for the Planet
Author and environmental icon Stewart Brand on four green heresies, developing-world ingenuity, and the new face of environmentalism.
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An In Vitro Beef
Even if meat isn’t murder, that doesn’t mean it’s good for you.
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Here Comes the Sun (and Wind)
Four experts discuss the balance between pristine land and renewable energy, the pros and cons of photovoltaics versus solar thermal, and how much rooftop solar can help.
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Much Ado About Carbon Offsets
Five experts debate if carbon offsetting is the quick, efficient way to decarbonize the global economy, or the loophole that will derail such efforts.
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Finding Fish
Six experts discuss the global fisheries crisis; the economic, political, and social pressures that contributed to it; and what it will take to make fish stocks bounce back.
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The Great Climate Change Pay-Off
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on wealthy nations to cough up $100 billion for climate aid. But with no firm commitments, could money be the deal breaker in Copenhagen?
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The Lesser Evil: Nuclear or Coal?
Should we depend on coal or nuclear? Five experts discuss how clean coal works, how dangerous nuclear waste really is, and whether the root of the problem is money.
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Scientific Flip-Flop
Five experts debate the roots of GM opposition, the role of big agribusiness, and whether we’ve achieved real scientific consensus.
You Should Know
A Battle at Midway
We talk with photographer Chris Jordan, who recently traveled to a remote part of the Pacific Ocean to document effects of the world’s largest known mass of garbage.
Week in Review
Getting Snowed
As major storms cover the northeast, the classic canard of conflating climate with weather takes on ridiculous new forms. But is it better to fight or ignore them?
Catalyst
Good COP, Bad COP?
Four experts discuss the rising influence of China, the coming test for President Obama, and whether the Copenhagen Accord will doom or save us.
Solutions
Benign by Design
With toxic compounds turning up in animals, food, and people all over the world, scientists are calling for green chemistry: a sustainable ethos of product design.
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World
Press Gang
With New York City about to let bloggers qualify for press passes, a look at what breaking down the walls between old and new media means for science reporting.
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Culture
The Ancient, Distant, and Dead
Inspired by scientific research, Katie Paterson creates art based on data from faraway melting glaciers, long-dead stars, and the initial moments of the universe.
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Ideas
A Sober Assessment
Alcohol is an important part of life in many cultures throughout the world, but there are many misperceptions about this common social lubricant.
