Nassim Nicholas Taleb looks at the risks threatening humanity

By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: How to deal with risks dominates our headlines, usually driven by single-interest groups that see only their favorite threat. Statistician Nassim…

Tol on Gulf Stream slowdown: "Cooling is probably a good bit more harmful than warming…"

Gulf Stream slowdown to spare Europe from worst of climate change From the UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX and Dr. Richard Tol. Europe will be spared the worst economic impacts of climate…

Climate tipping points: What do they mean for society?

From the “no tipping points observed, though many have been predicted” department and Rutgers University Rutgers and Harvard scientists lay out strategy for investigating societal consequences The phrase “tipping point”…

Great Barrier Reef Triage Panic

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Having failed to stir interest in the Great Barrier Reef during the recent cliffhanger Australian Federal Election, reef scientists are now demanding that the government…

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