Hans Joachim Schellnhuber has won this year’s Volvo environmental prize for his contributions to earth system science and policy. Resilience science has mentioned his work previously, especially his work on tipping points in the earth system. The prize committee writes: One of the most exciting, relevant and rapidly growing areas of environmental research is Earth […]
Nature’s Climate Feedback reports that Hans Joachim Schellnhuber in his talk at the Open Meeting of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) urged social scientists to become more involved in climate change research: “Speaking as a natural scientist,” he said, “I think 90% of research [on global change] will have to […]
Martin Kemp writes in Nature – Science in culture: Inventing an icon Any public campaign benefits from having an iconic image — something that captures the essence of the message and engraves it indelibly on our memories. But it is almost impossible to predict which images will actually stick, so creating one on demand is […]