In 2019, Carlos Nobre, a leading Brazilian scientist, published an open letter entitled "Amazon tipping point: Last chance for action.” If that...
Has the Amazon Run Out of Chances? / Francisco (Pacho) von Hildebrand
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Restoring our planet
Can the Amazon Be Saved? / Fernando Trujillo
What happens in the Amazon is of planetary consequence. Its rainforests influence weather and rainfall around the world. Its rivers account for 1/4...
Arctic Heat / Tero Mustonen
That the Arctic is warming is not exactly breaking news on a planet where almost everywhere is warming. But it is critical news that the Arctic is...
The Power of Trees – An Arbornaut’s View of the Planet
On June 11, 2024, renowned arbornaut Meg Lowman captivated an audience with a compelling presentation on the power of trees. The event, hosted by...
Workshop: Thinking About Sustainability
One of the most over-used, and under-defined words in conversations about the challenges generated by climate change is undoubtedly...
Climb a Tree! / Margaret Lowman
Winners of the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize typically have several things in common. They look at the big challenges confronting...
What’s Warmer, Wetter, and Greener? / Tero Mustonen
(SPOILER ALERT: THE ARCTIC—AND IT SHOULDN’T BE!) The Arctic is warming at least twice as fast as anywhere else on the planet. All the vital...
Blot Out the Sun? / Luke Iseman & Andrew Song
Luke Iseman and Andrew Song explain how they think they can cool the planet. Supposedly, Herodotus wrote that when the Greeks were told that the...
Is Uber Really More Valuable than the Planet?
The summer of 2023 might be remembered as the year that people almost everywhere finally began to understand what global warming means: unrelenting...