A forest does not issue a warning when drought begins. A river does not send an alert when its biological community starts changing. Coral reefs do not display a thermometer … Read More
For much of human history, questions about meaning were inseparable from questions about faith: Why are we here? What makes a life worth living? What should we do with suffering, … Read More
The Earth does not send warnings in words. It sends them through temperatures, ocean heat, changing ice, shifting water reserves, vegetation, atmospheric chemistry and the growing frequency or intensity of … Read More
A small, dark stone picked from the Kali Gandaki River in Nepal can simultaneously be understood as a fossil, a geological record of an ancient sea, and a sacred manifestation … Read More
There is a kind of question that rarely arrives with a notification. It appears instead during a quiet commute, after a major success that somehow feels incomplete, while watching children … Read More
Earth’s energy story begins far beyond power plants and electricity grids. Every ecosystem, weather system and human energy system ultimately operates within a larger flow of energy, much of it … Read More
A belief can begin as an idea, but it rarely remains one. What people believe about their abilities, identity, circumstances, or capacity to change can influence the goals they pursue, … Read More
The environment of tomorrow will not be shaped by one invention or a single scientific breakthrough. It is increasingly being shaped by a network of measurement systems, models, sensors, satellites, … Read More
Microplastics have become one of the most visible symbols of modern pollution. They have been detected in oceans, rivers, soil, food, drinking water, indoor dust and air. Researchers have also … Read More
The idea that faith and science are locked in an endless war is one of the most familiar stories in modern culture. Galileo is often presented as science’s martyr. Evolution … Read More
