Empirical evidence of declining global vulnerability to climate-related hazards

Results show a clear decreasing trend in both human and economic vulnerability, with global average mortality and economic loss rates that have dropped by 6.5 and nearly 5 times, respectively,…

Malthusian Myth Busting: Easter Island Edition

Guest “Why bust Malthusian Myths? Because it’s fun and easy!” by David Middleton You know the story… In just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their…

It pays to explore in times of uncertainty

A study the antifragile crowd, aka Taleb would probably love~ctm To explore or exploit? Fishing vessel records show trade-offs University of California – Davis When making choices, people tend either…

From the CBC: Who will rebuild after a climate disaster as workers retire and weather worsens?

From the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. ‘We simply don’t have enough tradespeople to rebuild after an event’   David Burke · CBC News · Posted: Dec 30, 2018 7:00 AM AT…