Humankind already has the knowledge to make sustainable and socially just ways of living on this planet possible. But new types of design and economics are needed for anything to change.
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A psychologist explains why we should accept that we will never live in the Anthropocene.
Many people associate Henry David Thoreau with solitude in the outdoors. But Thoreau understood in the mid-1800s that there was no such thing as nature separate from humans.
No records of the size of Native American populations before 1492 and the arrival of Europeans survive. A new study has found answers.
Our research shows that, millions of years from now, fossilised chicken bones will mark the era of human domination.
As we enter the age of the Anthropocene, there is a growing recognition of different kinds of 'un-real' storytelling.
Our love affair with the chair has horrible consequences.
Infrastructure systems – roads, water treatment systems, power grid – can't be built the same ways as in the past. What's a better roadmap for the future?
2018 brought the announcement of a new geologic age that covers the last 4,200 years. How do scientists divide up Earth's timeline and what do these demarcations mean?
When it comes to the geological record, airbrushing out humans' impact on the environment makes little sense.
The Whole Earth Catalog was a blueprint for sustainability that envisioned humans living in balance with nature. Its creative spirit was welcomed in a year riven by war, assassinations and riots.
New findings from the Chagos Islands are a perfect parable for the Anthropocene.
It's time to admit the age of pristine nature is over. In its place is humanity and planet-shaping technologies, from gene editing to climate engineering. Earth Day in a Synthetic Age.
When present in the lowest atmospheric layer, ozone becomes a concern for human and plant health.
The climate crisis is a complex scientific problem. New systems have to be developed through democratic systemic reforms.
Nuclear bomb tests potentially mark the start of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene.
Make that winter dram an intellectual one.
Imagine a world ravaged by the fallout from nuclear weapons and the runaway effects of climate change. Congratulations, you've just imagined the Plutocene, but let's hope it doesn't become a reality.
To conserve Earth's remarkable species, we must also defend the importance of science and scientific integrity.
To better understand and bring under control the new planetary flows that humanity has unleashed, we need to mobilize all the legal resources at your disposal.
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
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Jean-Sylvestre Bergé is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professeur de droit (Law professor) - Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS)
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Sustainability, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
