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How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
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The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
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Policy Makers Can Harness Digital Innovations to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Left to itself, the digitalization of energy supply and consumption is just as likely to raise emissions as lower them
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Adapting to Climate Change Will Take More Than Just Seawalls and Levees
Our government’s unconscionable policies are a scary precedent
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Why I Won't Debate Science
Once you put established facts about the world up for argument, you’ve already lost
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Whether inside or outdoors, looking up or digging down, the summer is full of textbook-free ways to enjoy some science
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The Arctic's Message to G7: Commit on Climate
International decision makers must look to the environmental elephant in the room: our rapidly melting Arctic sea ice
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It’s about this beautiful, messy, funny, tragic planet and the terrible, wonderful humans who live here
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A survey to study this elusive, threatened mammal stretched over 7 winters and 70,000 kilometers
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"Plugged In" Says Farewell
Plugged In will unplug on Friday. It’s been a great seven years and we look forward to continuing the conversations that we started here
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U.S. Cities Need to Plan for an Influx of Internal Climate Migrants
Migrations have already started in the face of droughts and hurricanes, and the situation is likely to get worse
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Should Climate Scientists Fly?
Wrong question; instead of scapegoating individual researchers, we should blame the centers of power, including corporations and political leaders
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