![]() Our Future in the Anthropocene Biosphere: Global Sustainability and Resilient Societies This paper provides an interesting and enlightening overview of the current situation - where people and nature are dynamically intertwined and embedded in the biosphere, placing shocks and extreme events as part of this dynamic; where humanity has become the major force in shaping the future of the Earth system as a whole; and where the rapid expansion of the human dimension has caused climate change, simplification of life on earth, growing inequalities, and loss of resilience to deal with uncertainty and surprise. Taken together, human actions are challenging the biosphere's foundation for a prosperous development of civilizations. Read the Paper Here. ![]() In the tradition of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, Dave Goulson, an award-winning entomologist and conservationist, explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making. ![]() A Year with Nature by Marty Crump is an almanac like none you’ve ever seen: combining science and aesthetics, it is a daily affirmation of the extraordinary richness of biodiversity and our enduring beguilement by its beauty. With a text by herpetologist and natural history writer Marty Crump and a cornucopia of original illustrations by Bronwyn McIvor, this quirky quotidian reverie gazes across the globe, media, and time as it celebrates date appropriate natural topics ranging from the founding of the National Park Service to annual strawberry, garlic, shrimp, hummingbird, and black bear festivals. |
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