Human modifications to the Earth's surface are, compared with natural processes, increasingly catastrophic.doi:10.1038/ngeo2455GuthrieRichardNature GeoscienceGuthrie, R. The catastrophic nature of humans. Nat. Geosci. 2015, 8, 421-422. [CrossRef]...
While humans may be able to manipulate nature in remarkable ways through science and technology, humanity must be cautious about this ability, due to its inherent limitations and potentially catastrophic consequences.Related Themes from Other Texts Compare and contrast themes from other texts to this...
Principle 1.1 acknowledges that, despite common misconceptions of nature as something devoid of humans, humans have shaped natural lands and waters for millennia30. Changes in human stewardship of ecosystems can be triggered locally by supply-side decisions (for example, a rancher adopting silvo...
unlike anything observed previously by humans. Returning reefs to past configurations is no longer an option. Instead, the global challenge is to steer reefs through the Anthropocene era in a way that maintains their biological functions. Successful navigation of this transition will require radical ch...
The locations for the search for the "Enki Connection" have been indicated by Lucyna Lobos, a Polish seer, who in a keynote address at the symposium asserted that the god Enki had left at those sites instructions how to create an Earth Shield to protect our planet from the catastrophic eff...
Polluted air and steadily rising temperatures are linked to health effects ranging from increased heart attacks and strokes to the spread of infectious diseases and psychological trauma.
“I wanted to share some thoughts about the Tech Review article,” he wrote. “While definitely not catastrophic, it was clearly bad.” It was “a fair criticism,” he said that the piece had identified a disconnect between the perception of OpenAI and its reality. This could be smoothed ...
As one case example, he presented the history of a French military officer who was in a catastrophic carriage accident in 1761. Though the officer's physicians treated him for his physical symptoms, three years later he continued to experience unexplained symptoms. One physician described him as...
Climate change is warming Northern regions nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet. This, scientists warn, will trigger catastrophic weather events worldwide, from heatwaves and droughts to storms and floods. 今年夏天,中国、欧洲以及美国西南和中部地区均经历了前所未有的热浪。意大利、西班...
This assumption represents typical hegemonic thinking and is grounded in memories of catastrophic wars between hegemonic powers in the past. China has never accepted that once a country becomes strong enough, it will invariably ...