Special Feature: Avoiding Collapse
Collection launched: 03 Feb 2016
GUEST EDITORS
Anthony D. Barnosky, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University
Paul R. Ehrlich, Department of Biology, Stanford University
Elizabeth A. Hadly, Department of Biology, Stanford University
Grand challenges for science and society to solve by 2050
Scientists have long known the global ecosystem is under duress from human impacts that, if they continued unabated, would damage Earth’s life support systems, people, and other species irretrievably by the middle of this century. Solutions are at hand, but only if scientists and others in academia are more proactive in communicating relevant discoveries and working with all sectors of mainstream society to turn around six destructive trends: climate change, ecosystem destruction, extinctions, pollution, overpopulation and overconsumption, and spillover of diseases.
If we want a resilient world, we need to start with resilient data | Ensia
Editor's note: This Voices piece is published in collaboration with the academic journal Elementa. It is based on "Toward a digital resilience," a peer-reviewed article published February 3 as part of Elementa's Avoiding Collapse special feature.
To build a sustainable world, academics need to tear down the Ivory Tower | Ensia
Editor's note: This Voices piece is published in collaboration with the academic journal Elementa. It is based on "Avoiding collapse: Grand challenges for science and society to solve by 2050," a peer-reviewed article published March 15 as part of Elementa's Avoiding Collapse special feature.
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