The Anthropocene most likely started long before the 1950s.
- Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
David Attenborough’s latest BBC documentary indulges wishful thinking over evidence.
Human activity doesn’t just reduce biodiversity – new research explores how we are continually creating new species and ecosystems, too.
Poorer cities are spending less on dealing with the consequences of global warming, even relative to their wealth.
The scientific case rests on six key observations.
Le Musée de l’Homme vient de rouvrir ses portes à Paris. L’occasion de s’intéresser à un trait peu connu des premiers humains : leur côté féminin.
Ditching the testosterone meant humans were able to develop cooperative culture.
When Europeans first arrived in the Americas they didn’t just make human history – they changed planet Earth forever.
There are many complex reasons why people decide not to accept the science of climate change. The doubters range from the conspiracy theorist to the sceptical scientist, or from the paid lobbyist to the…
Climate change is one of the few scientific theories that makes us examine the whole basis of modern society. It is a challenge that has politicians arguing, sets nations against each other, queries individual…
The UN’s proposed sustainability targets are riddled with conflicts that could make them ineffective or outright harmful. In theory, there is nothing wrong with such targets. After all, the Millennium…
It should not be a surprise that East Africa was a hotbed of evolution, because over the last five million years everything about the landscape has changed. The extraordinary forces of plate tectonics…
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