Planet and people: new books for Anthropocene times
17 January 2018
Fully embracing our connectedness with the biosphere will take rethinking how we see our objects and a new legal framework, argue two new books
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All other primates live their lives according to a simple rule
17 January 2018
Hundreds of species of primate all form groups of the same five sizes, suggesting that the ecosystems in which they live strongly shape their lifestyles
A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea
16 January 2018
The slick of oil condensate from a stricken tanker in the East China Sea is a threat to all marine life, not least because it is invisible
Mount Etna may not really be a ‘proper’ volcano at all
15 January 2018
Italy’s famous volcano Mount Etna may be fed mostly by hot water and carbon dioxide, with only a small dose of molten rock to make it resemble a classic volcano
We may be able to see mountains and valleys on distant worlds
12 January 2018
If alien planets have canyons and mountains like ours, we may be able to catch a glimpse of them in an exoplanet’s shadow as it passes in front of its star
Even a small cut in global warming will help slow sea level rise
12 January 2018
Limiting climate change to 1.5 °C instead of 2 °C, even if we overshoot at first and then bring temperatures back down, will ease the rise in sea levels
UK's plastic bag ban is a pitiful attempt at a greener future
11 January 2018
Talk of cutting plastic pollution has grabbed the headlines, but the UK’s long-awaited 25-year plan for the environment consists almost entirely of vague aspirations and vacuous promises
Deadly heat: How to survive the world’s new temperature extremes
11 January 2018
Australia’s latest sizzling summer presages a global future – but we’re beginning to understand heat’s impacts on the human body, and how to combat them
