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Agriculture needs to outpace climate change, even while struggling with its carbon footprint. At Anthropocene magazine, we believe that—armed with science and practical solutions—we can chart a low carbon, sustainable path forward, even through stiff headwinds. In other words, this is no time to slow down. We want to be ready for whatever ...
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A bold new experiment suggests humans could help butterflies outrun global warming. Scientists want to grow novel higher-elevation forest for the butterflies. But it will take a half a century—and that creates a tricky balancing act. Oct 2024 29.
Anthropocene Magazine | A publication of Future Earth
A bold new experiment suggests humans could help butterflies outrun global warming. Scientists want to grow novel higher-elevation forest for the butterflies. But it will take a half a century—and that creates a tricky balancing act.
Articles about the Anthropocene | Anthropocene Magazine
The Anthropocene: Paul Crutzen’s Epochal Legacy. He came to science late in his life, helped to preserve the Earth’s protective ozone, and fundamentally changed our views of nature and ourselves.
Are renewable power grids more prone to blackouts?
15 hours ago · Electric grids powered by renewables like wind and solar energy are less vulnerable to blackouts, according to a new study. The findings answer a major worry about so-called weather-dependent sources of renewable energy that has driven backlash to these technologies in some areas. “The impacts of fluctuating renewable energy sources (RESs ...
Can the economy go up even as carbon emissions go down?
Nov 5, 2024 · Can the economy go up even as carbon emissions go down? A new comprehensive study of “decoupling” finds that for 30% of the regions studied, the answer is yes. But the remaining regions are lagging behind. Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Around the world, about 30% of areas have managed to unhook their economic growth from carbon ...
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Anthropocene Issue 7: Pattern Seeking in the Human Age
We use patterns to make sense of the world—picture the eloquent double helix of a DNA strand; but also to make nonsense of the world—pick the latest conspiracy theory. The human brain has been called the ultimate pattern recognition tool. But now, here in the Anthropocene era, we have stumbled upon a pattern-seeking machine that smashes ...
Oversized rodents are trained to catch wildlife poachers
Nov 6, 2024 · Wildlife trafficking is a globe-spanning criminal enterprise worth as much as $23 billion a year. It has helped drive precipitous declines in charismatic species such as African elephants, whose numbers fell by 30% between 2007 and 2014. Over the last decade, an estimated 11,000 rhinos were poached, chiefly for their horns.
A new upcycling use for old tires: Producing drinking water.
6 days ago · Now, researchers at Dalhousie University in Canada have turned old tires into a material that produces clean water by harnessing solar energy. Their new floating device can purify over 3.5 liters of water a day, for only 0.86 per liter. What’s more, it also generates a small amount of electricity, the team reports in the journal iScience.