Geography
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Our Shifting Urban Landscape
October 06, 2009
Urban ecologist James Danoff-Burg takes us into the field to demonstrate the tools of analyzing the biodiversity of human-altered ecosystems.
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Business as Abnormal
September 14, 2009
The recent flirtation with geoengineering may prove a dangerous distraction from working toward a sustainable future.
climate, featured blogger, geography, multilateralism, policy
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Loggerheads at Bloggingheads
September 04, 2009
A falling out over creationism at a popular videoblogging site and muddled reactions to a report on geoengineering illustrate what’s at stake in the “framing wars.”
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In Seeds We Trust
June 09, 2009
Because science won’t save us if biodiversity fails, a global effort is underway to collect and cache the genetic resources contained in seeds.
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Banking the Monsoon
April 13, 2009
In a small village in the center of Gujarat, India, a society grows from clean water and satellite maps.
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Photo Essay: Darwin Slept Here
February 12, 2009
A twentysomething adventurer retraces the voyage of the Beagle, recapturing a young Darwin, and the growing pains of a continent.
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What Is Solastalgia?
July 31, 2008
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Deep Space
December 20, 2007
The last great land rush on the planet will be at the bottom of the ocean.
climate, decision making, development, geography, law, policy, politics
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Ghosts of Climates Past
June 06, 2007
Can studying the red deserts of Mars, the thick atmosphere of Venus, and the methane seas of Titan help us to predict our own planet's climatic future?
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Oceanfront Property in the Desert
December 15, 2005
A fissure in Ethiopia’s Afar Desert may be the beginnings of a new ocean basin.
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World
Sad Sacks
As a UK adviser is fired over politically unpalatable advice and an English teacher is suspended over an article about animal sexuality, the fate of facts is on the line.
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Ideas
Sweet Obesity
As obesity rates soar, Americans are consuming more low-calorie artificial sweeteners. But do artificial sweeteners actually help people lose weight?
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Books
Books to Read Now
November releases feature the mysteries of Grigori Perelman, the evolutionary origins of reading, and strategies for containing strains of flu.
