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Considered one of the founders of environmental criticism, Professor Lawrence Buell of Harvard University shares his most recent work, which treats the intersections of global and environmental studies. Series: Voices [10/2008] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 15032]
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Complete video at: fora.tv Author Kim Stanley Robinson compares science fiction to weather forecasts: the predictions are not necessarily accurate, he says, but they can change the way people approach the future and live their daily lives. —– American science … Read more
www.ted.com Human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. His research has found nine “planetary boundaries” that can guide us in protecting … Read more
Welcome and Introduction. (length 48:09) H. Vincent Poor Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University Charles M. Vest President, National Academy of Engineering, and President Emeritus of the Massachusetts … Read more
Kevin Montgomery [CEO, Intelesense Technologies] Abstract: Never before in the history of mankind has our ability to acquire data about our planet and its inhabitants been so prolific. Data from in-situ sensors deployed worldwide, human-generated data (surveys, land use patterns, … Read more
Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Wellcome Trust at the University of Birmingham have carried out laboratory gunfights to show that we move faster when we react to something in our environment than … Read more
Malcolm Gladwell, author of “Blink”, & Dr. Anthony Greenwald, psychologist at the University of Washington, discuss the race-based Implicit Association Test and why some people show an unconscious bias in favor of White people over Black people. Broadcast Date: June … Read more
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Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Storiesretains all the popular features of its parent volume, Environment: The Science behind the Stories–including its integrated central case study approach and its focus on the scientific process, current data, and … Read more
Video about the influence that humans have and are having on our planet.
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