Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here's your chance t
"Because of their rapid effect, however, they should be deployed only as a last resort when "dangerous" climate change is imminent, they warn." Sheesh, come on - cure the disease,
"So are we headed to a world where the only stable jobs are those that absolutely require hands-on contact -- health maintenance, grooming, and the like? Or to one where wages even out across the
“By flooding Second Life we hope to demonstrate the potential devastation that climate change could have on the environment,” Ogilvy London director Giles Rhys Jones said
"Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural—and not a human- induced—cause, according to one scientist's controversial theory." W
"Here’s something else that’s going to sound incredibly caustic but I need to get off my chest anyway: I don’t really give a shit about the Earth. I only care about whether we can continue to liv
"We asked 100 writers and thinkers to answer the following question: Left and right defined the 20th century. What's next? The pessimism of their responses is striking..." No sh*t. Via Ian M
"The Model Coupling Toolkit created by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory played a key role in the climate simulations used in preparing the new U.N. report..." Chal
"If we can’t adequately reduce or sequester carbon emissions, are more-radical alternatives like orbital mirrors a solution to climate change?" Sfnal solutions to a changing planet, via SFBC
"Henrik Svensmark [...] believes that the planet is experiencing a natural period of low cloud cover due to fewer cosmic rays entering the atmosphere, which is responsible for much of the global
"I believe in science fiction as being the genre of novels best able to capture the feel of our times, especially in the developed and industrialized West." Via Sir Bruce of Sterling.