The founding director of the Greater Good Science Center explains
how humans are wired for compassion.
How Humans are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate, David Archer (Princeton University Press, 2009).
One scarcely needs the subtitle —
How Humans Are Changing The Next 100,000 Years Of Earth's Climate.
And while it is depressing, the situation is not without hope — as you will see as she describes
how humans are helping to save these beleaguered creatures.
Find this amazing story, a look at the new species discovered in 2010, the effect of media coverage on factory farming, and
how humans are causing shark attacks, and more in the Week in Animal Ne
I find the yearly buildup of layer upon layer to be a particularly compelling way of visualizing
how we humans are fundamentally altering the chemistry of the atmosphere — and thereby causing profound, continuing impacts on our planet's climate control system.
So I have to ask myself, if I have a group whose role it is to look at
how Humans are affecting climate changes, and they only have to come to a consensus view.
In this way, writes geophysicist David Archer in The Long Thaw:
How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of the Earth's Climate, «humankind has the capacity to overpower the climate impact of Earth's orbit, taking the reins of the climate system that has operated on Earth for millions of years.»
Despite the growing consensus among scientists of
how humans are impacting the atmosphere, how to confront climate change — or in some cases, whether it even exists — has deadlocked along party lines.
While the article still does not recognize that land conversion, particularly in the low latitudes but also in the boreal forest regions continues and, therefore, will add further to
how humans are altering the climate, it is an important step for the IPCC to finally make.
His subsequent book The Long Thaw:
How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate — it covers some of the same ground as The Global Carbon Cycle — was written with the general reader in mind and is probably the best book of the three to start with for those new to the subject.
This week, social media and mainstream media were abuzz with news about the record Arctic heat and
how we humans are destroying our planet through climate change.
Watch this video to learn about
how humans are causing our planet's temperatures to rise quickly.
Or we look but tell ourselves comforting stories about
how humans are clever and will come up with a technological miracle that will safely suck the carbon out of the skies or magically turn down the heat of the sun.
The most comprehensive report on climate change in existence describes
how humans are primarily responsible for warming since 1950.
Filmed in 29 countries on six continents and produced by National Geographic and Passion Pictures, the series examines
how humans are inextricably linked with nature.
One only needs to watch a well - made documentary to understand
how we humans are hard - wired to respond more meaningfully to storytelling than empirical data.
... [A] new study released in the journal PLoS ONE brings finer resolution to our newly developing view of
how humans are using the seas.
Through the display of the artists» new works, the exhibition addresses themes of postgenderism and considers
how humans are progressively losing contact with the physical body through the increasing automation of sexual pleasure.
It seemed like an apt piece for
how humans are creating their own destruction.
The world is clearly post-apocalyptic, though exactly
how humans are surviving and who / what Mads Mikkelsen's character is has been debated since the trailers came out.
You'll receive another speech about
how humans are abusing Pokemon, and the little girl's Pokemon will be returned to you.
whether travelers will dive into the depths of nature in an attempt to see
how humans are as themselves?
You know how humans aren't supposed to go swimming for 20 minutes after eating to avoid cramps (supposedly)?
Certain breeds develop spots of excess pigmentation similar to
how humans are born with birthmarks.
Audiences will experience how dogs see, hear and smell the world like never before and discover
how humans are harnessing the remarkable superpowers of these dogs to heal, inspire and save lives.
Morgan Housel, The Motley Fool, @TMFHousel: The Better Nature of Our Angels by Steven Pinker is an incredible book about
how humans are getting more peaceful over time.
Children will learn about the different stages of human life as well as the parts of the body and
how humans are different to other animals and mammals.
Power point lesson showing
how humans are made in the image of God aimed at the new Edexcel religious Studies GCSE.
A group of British teachers embark on a four - week expedition to Antarctica and demonstrate
how humans are able to live on the South Pole.
Did you know that elephants can be right or left tusked, similar to
how humans are with their hands?
There can be no consciousness without interaction, he adds, acknowledging a level of mystery in
how humans are «programmed» by nature and nurture.
There can be no consciousness without interaction, he adds, acknowledging a level of mystery in
how humans are «programmed» by nature andnurture.
Ultimately, I think Phantom Thread is about control, about
how we humans are very good at turning even the very basic needs of existence — food and shelter and clothing and love — into opportunities to jockey for position, show off our brilliance, and exert our will on the universe.
After seeing all the nominees, I would like to rewatch Her because I find it immensely fascinating
how humans are dating their OS and not wearing belts.
The movie is fairly realistic in its depiction of
how humans are likely to act and behave when faced with unstoppable adversity, provided that one keeps in mind that the alien invasion is not the main point of the story.
BALTIMORE SUN - Feb 10 - Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist, has 35 years of experience studying why and
how humans are attracted to each other.
I have a cynical sense of humor that most people don't understand.I love the Earth and all of its creatures.It saddens me to see
how humans are treating these things.I love Nature and being outdoors... I tend to notice things around me that others miss.I am a gentle person looking for gentle...
As always, it's best to meet our nutrient requirements from food, since that's
how humans are adapted to absorbing them.
That's just not
how we humans are built.
I've written here about
how humans are not designed for a grain - based diet, and many people have trouble digesting grains, which can cause inflammation.
Their temperature is rising, too, and it tells a story of
how humans are changing the planet.
Robots are the best way we know to learn about
how humans are put together.
Sex organs offer a unique window on evolution and
how humans are altering nature in some very unexpected ways, says evolutionary biologist Brian Langerhans
Adapt:
How Humans Are Tapping into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future by Amina Khan.
Just inside the hall, a digital tree of life shows
how humans are related to all other species, including a Streptococcus bacterium, a morel mushroom, and an orchid.
«It's one of the clearest examples of
how humans are actually changing the intensity of storm processes on Earth through the emission of particulates from combustion,» said Joel Thornton, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle and lead author of the new study in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.
Inspired by a lonely glowworm, a British zoologist investigates
how humans are disturbing mating rituals of the natural world.
And sometimes, games are just bad, because that's how sports works and that's
how humans are.
Any person of our generation knows a fair bit about life and
how humans are passionate people when writing about their passion, whatever that passion may be.