9 Best Articles in 2021
The New York Times
The End of Meat Is Here
The New York Times
7 min read · 2020-05-21 · If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals.
The New Yorker
The Day the Dinosaurs Died
The New Yorker
20+ min read · From 2019 · A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.
TIME
Greta Thunberg Is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year
TIME
20+ min read · 2019-12-11 · The climate activist has succeeded in turning vague anxieties about the planet into a worldwide movement calling for global change
Guardian Environment
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
Guardian Environment
6 min read · 2019-10-09 · New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
Guardian Environment
50 simple ways to make your life greener
Guardian Environment
20+ min read · 2020-02-29 · Expert tips on how to be kinder to the planet – from cooking and cleaning to fashion and finance
Demis Hassabis
AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology
Demis Hassabis
8 min read · 2020-11-30 · In a major scientific advance, the latest version of our AI system AlphaFold has been recognised as a solution to this grand challenge by the organisers of the biennial Critical Assessment of protein…
OneZero
Why 2020 to 2050 Will Be ‘the Most Transformative Decades in Human History’
OneZero
8 min read · 2020-06-25 · Climate change will force more people to leave their homes than at any other point in human history. Conflict is inevitable.
The Atlantic
History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin
The Atlantic
20+ min read · 2019-12-18 · It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.
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First monkey–human embryos reignite debate over hybrid animals
Nature
4 min read · Apr 15th · The chimaeras lived up to 19 days — but some scientists question the need for such research.
Guardian Environment
‘A poor man’s rainforest’: why we need to stop treating soil like dirt
Guardian Environment
7 min read · Apr 16th · The mysterious world under our feet is under threat. Protecting it is as vital as tackling the climate crisis, scientists warn
Nature
First genetically modified mosquitoes released in the United States
Nature
5 min read · May 4th · Biotech firm Oxitec launches controversial field test of its insects in Florida after years of push-back from residents and regulatory complications.
Guardian Environment
Life finds a way: in search of England’s lost, forgotten rainforests
Guardian Environment
5 min read · Apr 29th · Much of Britain’s temperate rainforest has been destroyed – but it can sometimes regenerate. The race is on to map what survives and restore what we can
Guardian Environment
Environment protest being criminalised around world, say experts
Guardian Environment
2 min read · Apr 19th · More than 400 climate scientists sign letter that says activists are being targeted at pivotal time in fight against global heating
Nature
These cellular clocks help explain why elephants are bigger than mice
Nature
10 min read · Apr 27th · Biologists are uncovering how tiny timekeepers in our cells might govern body size, lifespan and ageing.
TIME
The Pandemic Remade Society. Now It's the Climate's Turn
TIME
~15 min read · Apr 15th · The effort to recover from the pandemic could facilitate a shift to the first truly green global economy
Science Magazine
Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
Science Magazine
3 min read · Apr 22nd · Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways
Our World in Data
Wild mammals have declined by 85% since the rise of humans, but there is a possible future…
Our World in Data
~11 min read · Apr 20th · Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans. But we can turn things around by reducing the amount of land we use for agriculture.
Nature
My most memorable mentors? Plants
Nature
3 min read · Apr 13th · To nurture a thriving scientific community, look to the natural world for ideas.
