Learning for landscapes: Insights on stewardship and collaborationAt a recent workshop on a farm in South Africa, researchers and other professionals in sustainability discussed how they can work with groups across the country, from farmers to conservation organisations, to restore landscapes.
We have some work ahead of us, but that’s normal: Studying the past to predict the futureLeading paleoscientists recently convened in Switzerland to share knowledge and start a contribution to a 2018 report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Video: State of the Planet 2017Is there intelligent life on Earth? Take a trip to learn about how humans have transformed Earth and why there's hope for the future.
Meeting multiple targets for sustainability at the same time comes with numerous trade-offsA new study focusing on farmlands and rangelands in Australia suggests that achieving targets for sustainability will take careful planning.
“Seeds” project offers glimpse of brighter futures In this Q&A, Elena Bennett talks about Seeds of Good Anthropocenes, a research effort that seeks to discover how people are transforming their communities for the better.
Invasive snake has impacts that cascade through forests on GuamThe case of a bird-eating snake on the West Pacific island of Guam shows that invasive species can rewire ecosystems in ways that may be difficult to see.
Taking a holistic approach to air pollution and climate changeIn a new paper, a group of atmospheric scientists press policy-makers to consider how air pollution and climate change overlap when shaping new rules on emissions.
The climate papers most featured in the media in 2016Revisit the most "talked about" papers in climate science last year in this blog from Carbon Brief. Among them are two studies by authors in the Global Carbon Project network.
The mathematics of the AnthropoceneIn a new paper, Owen Gaffney and Will Steffen condense the complex interactions between industrialised societies and Earth’s life support system into a single mathematical equation.
