A radical nature-based agenda would help society overcome the psychological effects of coronavirus
Why structured contact with nature, rolled out with government support, will go a long way to solving the psychological distress of coronavirus.
Oct. 9, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: environment mental-health covid-19 nature isolation interdisciplinarity climate-crisis green-prescriptions
Estonia is a 'digital republic' – what that means and why it may be everyone's future
Estonia has digitised 99% of its public services.
Oct. 7, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: internet interdisciplinarity elections blockchain voting estonia digital
Four reasons why restoring nature is the most important endeavour of our time
We must turn pledges into immediate action and restore our ecosystems on a global level.
Oct. 6, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: biodiversity united-nations interdisciplinarity climate-crisis farming ecosystems future-of-food
To stop mass extinction, reform the outdated Victorian harm principle
Environmental activists have been advocating for piecemeal legal change for decades. But a more fundamental rewrite of the law is needed.
Sept. 28, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: morality law interdisciplinarity environmental-law victorians
Prehistoric desert footprints are earliest evidence for Homo sapiens on Arabian Peninsula
These findings represent the earliest evidence for Homo sapiens on the Arabian Peninsula, and demonstrates the importance of Arabia for understanding human prehistory.
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: neanderthals homo-sapiens interdisciplinarity prehistory saudi-arabia
Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous – here's why
This celebrated research gives governments a reason to give climate change a low priority, but is based on spurious empirical data.
Sept. 9, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: climate-change economics interdisciplinarity climate-crisis gdp neoclassical-economics william-nordhaus
Mammoth task: the Russian family on a resurrection quest to tackle the climate crisis
The Zimovs want to restore the prehistoric 'mammoth steppe' ecosystem and see if it slows down – or even reverses – melting permafrost.
Sept. 7, 2020 • ~24 min
Tags: permafrost ice russia interdisciplinarity climate-crisis siberia in-depth insights-series woolly-mammoth
How a new solar and lighting technology could propel a renewable energy transformation
Halide perovskites are cheap, versatile and remarkably efficient as both solar cells and light emitters.
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: chemistry energy solar-power interdisciplinarity climate-crisis solar-panels leds
How new solar and lighting technology could propel a renewable energy transformation
Halide perovskites are cheap, versatile and remarkably efficient as both solar cells and light emitters.
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: chemistry energy solar-power interdisciplinarity climate-crisis solar-panels leds
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