Search
Climate Change
7mins
We don’t need one Elon Musk. We need 8 billion empathic futurists.
It's on a 100,000-year timescale, though, so the next few centuries might not be so comfortable.
The dating pool is small — no pun intended.
We cannot afford to dream about living on other worlds while we continue to destroy ours.
We want to fight invasive species. But to wage a war, you have to know who your enemy is.
Methane is a shorter-lived but more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Cleaning it up could have a quick impact on global warming.
Based on data since 2000 alone, global warming is still occurring at a whopping 7-sigma significance. How hot will planet Earth get?
Humanity is in trouble. Here's how aliens could help.
Environmental activists want us to feel "flight shame" if we can take a train, instead. But this isn't entirely realistic, even in Europe.
One possible vision of the distant future.
Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.
Economic growth is more about quality than quantity.
Flashy desalination technology is more costly and cumbersome than many other solutions.
This pup puts us one step closer to resurrecting extinct species.
The monsoon rains were not always so reliable.
You might think it's impossible to run out of wind, but Europe's "wind drought" proves otherwise. And it's only going to get worse.
Most electric car charging is done at night. A grid powered mostly by renewable energy might not be able to meet demand, but there is a solution.
Short-hop regional flights could be running on batteries in a few years.
We asked our experts where they see the biggest blockers right now for more progress. Essentially, from their various areas of focus, what did they see as the largest impediments to driving progress forward around the world and how they would prioritize the necessary interventions? The answers were appropriately varied from the philosophical to the political to the technological.
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
The world isn’t ending! But we are likely at the beginning of a profound transformation.
Should you blast the A/C even when you're not at home?
The Rubbee X requires almost no setup and is far cheaper than a brand new e-bike.
Anyone up for a crisp, blonde ale?
A common weed uses uncommon types of photosynthesis.