Humans are 'learning to think as a species'
Humanity is in the early stages of the most significant evolution in its history: learning to think as a species.
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Mar 28, 2017
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News tagged with 21st century
Biogeochemical links across Greenland key to understanding Arctic
The Kangerlussuaq region of southwest Greenland is a 3,728-square-mile corridor stretching from the ice sheet to the Labrador Sea. In this area near the top of the world, landscape and ecosystem diversity abounds. Flora and ...
Environment
Feb 22, 2017
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Colorado River flows will keep shrinking as climate warms
Warming in the 21st century reduced Colorado River flows by at least 0.5 million acre-feet, about the amount of water used by 2 million people for one year, according to new research from the University of Arizona and Colorado ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2017
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Scientists categorize Earth as a 'toxic planet'
Humans emit more than 250 billion tonnes of chemical substances a year, in a toxic avalanche that is harming people and life everywhere on the planet.
Environment
Feb 7, 2017
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Every meal eaten estimated to cost the planet 10 kilos of lost topsoil
Every meal you eat now costs the planet 10 kilos in lost topsoil.
Environment
Dec 15, 2016
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Projections about global emissions cannot accurately factor in economic booms
Researchers have charted the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and GDP, known to scientists as global 'emission intensity'.
Environment
Dec 13, 2016
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Earth 'at risk of ecological breakdown'
The Earth is risking a major ecological breakdown that could eventually render it largely uninhabitable.
Environment
Nov 7, 2016
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Can humanity survive the 21st century?
Our civilisation faces the greatest challenge in the history of our species. It consists of ten huge, man-made threats, which are now coming together to imperil our future.
Environment
Sep 19, 2016
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50-year study pinpoints countries where women are doing the least housework
Researchers have looked at the time spent doing housework by men and women living in 19 countries from the early 1960s up to the first decade of the 21st century. They calculate that over a half century across those countries, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2016
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Global forecast assesses countries' invasive species risk, response capacity
A global forecast of how invasive species could travel and spread in the 21st century shows that areas in most critical need of proactive management strategies are those with high poverty levels, rich biodiversity and low ...
Ecology
Aug 23, 2016
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