Truthenomics #6: Heads in the clouds
Our smart phones would be pretty dumb without cloud connectivity. Just how clean and green is this 'cloud' that powers our digital lives?
Climate
A collection of 9 posts
The Climate #6: Blowing through 1.5
What can prior mass extinctions tell us about where we are taking the global Life fleet?
The Climate #4: Heading south
The land-based effects of global heating require a coordinated international response. Unsurvivable heat, impending water and food shortages, coupled with population overshoot, mean many people will soon be on the move. How many will move? And where will they go?
Less #1: Coming ready or not
Does global heating, resource depletion and declining globalisation mean we face a less stable future, unlikely to supply our needs & wants reliably? If so, what strategies should we consider in planning to adapt and mitigate the impacts?
The Climate #3: Sea Change?
As millions continue migrating to a coastal way of life worldwide - are rising sea levels and severe weather, coupled with ground water extraction sinking whole cities, posing existential threats to coastal communities?
The Climate #2: Oceans of consequences
Faced with the quadruple threats of direct heat, acidification, algal bloom-induced dead-zones, and our unrelenting overexploitation; what is the prognosis for the planet's most important ocean ecosystems and fisheries, such as coral, seagrass and kelp-forest ecosystems?