“Since its emergence in mid-century America, the organizational logic of the supermarket has gripped the planet as a whole, reorganizing populations and the microbiology of the products on sale within it. By looking at the tomato—the number _...Read More_
“Since its emergence in mid-century America, the organizational logic of the supermarket has gripped the planet as a whole, reorganizing populations and the microbiology of the products on sale within it. By looking at the tomato—the number _...Read More_
“Industrial agriculture uses 75 percent of farmland and 70 percent of freshwater use, to feed 30 percent of the world’s population (Mooney and Blassey, 2018). This generates more greenhouse gases than any other human activity on the _...Read More_
“Industrial agriculture uses 75 percent of farmland and 70 percent of freshwater use, to feed 30 percent of the world’s population (Mooney and Blassey, 2018). This generates more greenhouse gases than any other human activity on the _...Read More_
"In her 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert explored how humanity has driven scores of species to extinction. In her new follow-up, Under a White Sky, the journalist seeks solutions."
"In her 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert explored how humanity has driven scores of species to extinction. In her new follow-up, Under a White Sky, the journalist seeks solutions."
"Scientists refer to this phenomenon as 'lunar retreat'—a delightful term, as I’d prefer to imagine the moon enjoying itself at a relaxing getaway, bending its rocky body into various yoga poses, rather than slowly ghosting Earth."
"Scientists refer to this phenomenon as 'lunar retreat'—a delightful term, as I’d prefer to imagine the moon enjoying itself at a relaxing getaway, bending its rocky body into various yoga poses, rather than slowly ghosting Earth."
>"To tackle planetary problems like the climate crisis and pandemics, we have to tear down old hierarchies and build new, fluid networks of people, cities and organizations."
>"To tackle planetary problems like the climate crisis and pandemics, we have to tear down old hierarchies and build new, fluid networks of people, cities and organizations."
"Geology has a special role to play in the science of climate change because it shows so vividly how humans are influencing the life-supporting system of the planet. "
"Geology has a special role to play in the science of climate change because it shows so vividly how humans are influencing the life-supporting system of the planet. "