Visualizing the great acceleration
A visualization of the great acceleration from the Encyclopedia of the Earth article Evolution of the human-environment relationship by Costanza and others. Figure 1. Selected indicators of...
View ArticleVisualizing the great acceleration – part ii
The New Scientist adapted graphs from Will Steffen’s and others 2004 Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure for their feature How our economy is killing the Earth. The three graphs...
View ArticleNobel Symposium in Stockholm
I just argued the human role in the Anthropocene with Will Steffen at the 2011 Nobel Laureate Symposium in Stockholm. In a mock court, in front of a jury of Nobelists, I successfully argued that: 1)...
View ArticleIs a Good Anthropocene Possible?
Will Steffen and I gave contrasting talks in a Mock Court on the meaning of the Anthropocene at the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Stockholm. The talks are now online, along...
View ArticleA report from the Stockholm Dialogue on Global Sustainability
Below is a guest post from Megan Meacham, a former Masters student at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, on the final day of the recent Stockholm Nobel laureate symposium. The final day of the symposium,...
View ArticleLinks: death threats, uprisings, social memory, nature, and LIDAR
1) From Nature News, death threats are being sent to Australian climate scientists, including our Stockholm Resilience Centre colleague Will Steffen. More information from Australia’s ABC news 1 &...
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