In 2007 the publishers of the Oxford Junior Dictionary released an updated edition, which alert readers noticed was missing a few things.
How Breaking — and Repairing — the Water Cycle Shapes Our Climate Future
This contradiction is not merely climatic. It is the visible outcome of a disrupted hydrological cycle — a phenomenon widely documented in climate science, ecohydrology, and land degradation studies.
This contradiction is not merely climatic. It is the visible outcome of a disrupted hydrological cycle — a phenomenon widely documented in climate science, ecohydrology, and land degradation studies.
The Nature Embedded Mind: Excerpt
That you, is you in your natural consciousness, a nature embedded mind. The one you were born with.
That you, is you in your natural consciousness, a nature embedded mind. The one you were born with.
Normalcy Bias – A Latent Hazard
Multiple civilisations in the past likely fell in part because their populations and leaderships held wishful notions of permanence, and failed to sufficiently grasp impending dangers, so blithely carried on with business as usual.
Multiple civilisations in the past likely fell in part because their populations and leaderships held wishful notions of permanence, and failed to sufficiently grasp impending dangers, so blithely carried on with business as usual.
The Language of Sustainability & the Power of Words
Power them as we wish, the two phrases mock the fact that an electric vehicle jam is still a car jam.
Power them as we wish, the two phrases mock the fact that an electric vehicle jam is still a car jam.
Coming Together in the Great Turning: Excerpt
Realizing a vision of the Beloved Community requires that we practice beloved community daily, contributing to greater safety, dignity, and belonging for everyone.
Realizing a vision of the Beloved Community requires that we practice beloved community daily, contributing to greater safety, dignity, and belonging for everyone.
World on the Brink: Will History Bring Us Full Circle?
This revelation is a bewildering experience for those of us who have spent decades trying to convince people that the global economy is precisely as unfair and destructive as is now confirmed.
This revelation is a bewildering experience for those of us who have spent decades trying to convince people that the global economy is precisely as unfair and destructive as is now confirmed.
The Future of Humanity’s Past: U.S. Archaeology Confronts a Research Hinge Point
The long American century is over. Across the world, affiliations and institutions staked in blood and soil, faith-based (as opposed to empirically based) ways of knowing, and personalized, autocratic power are all in ascendance.
The long American century is over. Across the world, affiliations and institutions staked in blood and soil, faith-based (as opposed to empirically based) ways of knowing, and personalized, autocratic power are all in ascendance.
The End of 2025 Must Be the End of the Inane Rule of Climate ‘Optimism’
What If 2025 had already been the turning point?
What If 2025 had already been the turning point?
The Challenge of Food Ecomodernism: A Puzzle Outlined
There are essentially no politics or food system economics in this story.
There are essentially no politics or food system economics in this story.
Reefolution Responds to Marine Ecosystem Disruption
As the severity of human impacts to ocean life rises, however, so have a variety of adaptations combining scientific research, education, mitigation, awareness, and restoration of the incredible life harbored in the wildly diverse coral reefs across the planet.
As the severity of human impacts to ocean life rises, however, so have a variety of adaptations combining scientific research, education, mitigation, awareness, and restoration of the incredible life harbored in the wildly diverse coral reefs across the planet.
Time: The Delusion of Emptiness
Science has demonstrated that what appears empty is, at every scale, teeming with activity.
Science has demonstrated that what appears empty is, at every scale, teeming with activity.
Informers: The New Drive to Get Americans to Spy on One Another
Some publicly stated reasons have included stopping subversives from overthrowing the government, catching foreign spies and agents, and stopping terrorist attacks.
Some publicly stated reasons have included stopping subversives from overthrowing the government, catching foreign spies and agents, and stopping terrorist attacks.
Who Really Pays for Your Cheap Flight?
My hand pauses at the tension. I wonder, what are the actual costs associated with cheap flights that promulgate mass tourism like those to Spain?
My hand pauses at the tension. I wonder, what are the actual costs associated with cheap flights that promulgate mass tourism like those to Spain?
Why America Is Removing Thousands of Dams and Letting Rivers Run Free: Excerpt
With more than 550,000 dams in the United States, free-flowing rivers are an endangered species.
With more than 550,000 dams in the United States, free-flowing rivers are an endangered species.
For a Green Peace: Restoring the Small Water Cycles to Save Our Sahara
In a Maghreb growing increasingly thirsty, water is no longer just a resource: it has become a diagnostic tool for our shared vulnerabilities.
In a Maghreb growing increasingly thirsty, water is no longer just a resource: it has become a diagnostic tool for our shared vulnerabilities.