BY BRYN GLOVER During the first decade of this century, a number of separate specialist scientific groups, with members from around the globe, met independently, but with similar purposes. Their common objective was to attempt to quantify the precise mess that we had got ourselves into, with respect to our one-and-only planet. The outcome ofContinue reading “Beyond the boundary of No Planet B”
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The Future of Energy
By Mike Davies Modern civilisation uses – and is dependent on – vast amounts of energy. Over the last couple of hundred years, we have shifted from using energy for heavy industry to relying on the ready availability of huge amounts for convenience and leisure. One consequence has been global heating caused by the ‘exhaust’ gases, such asContinue reading “The Future of Energy”
Grubs up!
Bryn Glover samples the green future of food HUMANITY faces a major challenge if we are to feed a global population of 10 billion by the end of the century. The simplest way to analyse the nature of this problem is to think in energy terms. Energy is measured in calories or joules and we’reContinue reading “Grubs up!”
