Dot Earth Blog: Never Mind the Anthropocene – Beware the ‘Manthropocene’

Kate Raworth, who works at the intersection of economics and environmental sustainability, isn't happy with the composition of the Anthropocene Working Group, which is weighing whether this age of rising human influence on Earth's operating systems is...

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Dot Earth Blog: The Long Bright Path to the Nobel Prize for LED Lighting

Photo From left, the researchers Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources."Credit...

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Dot Earth Blog: Getting Beyond the 2-Degree Threshold on Global Warming

Updated, Oct. 6, 11:56 p.m. | Joe Romm has posted a long reaction to David Victor's post, including an update from Stefan Rahmstorf. Updated | On Wednesday, Nature published "Climate policy: Ditch the 2 °C warming goal," a commentary criticizing the...

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Dot Earth Blog: Getting Beyond the 2-Degree Threshold on Global Warming

Updated | On Wednesday, Nature published "Climate policy: Ditch the 2 °C warming goal," a commentary criticizing the widely adopted threshold for climate safety and offering a new approach to characterizing risks. The piece, written by David Victor...

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Dot Earth Blog: Getting Beyond the 2-Degree Threshold on Global Warming

Updated | On Wednesday, Nature published "Climate policy: Ditch the 2 °C warming goal," a commentary criticizing the widely adopted threshold for climate safety and offering a new approach to characterizing risks. The piece, written by David Victor...

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