by Omega | May 22, 2023 | Pandemics
Just how much harm repeat infections will cause is a matter of debate. “There are some almost pathologically polarized opinions out there,” says Danny Altmann, an immunologist at Imperial College London. One side argues that SARS-CoV-2 is a run-of-the-mill respiratory...
by Omega | May 22, 2023 | Pandemics
Wachter isn’t the only expert to raise the possibility of an equally transmissible but more lethal pandemic pathogen. COVID’s ability to infect more efficiently has skyrocketed since 2019, soaring from near the bottom of the list of contagious diseases to near the...
by Omega | May 22, 2023 | Polycrisis
The concept of ‘polycrisis’ is increasingly being used to designate the accumulation of compounding crises that human societies are facing, and that they are increasingly struggling to address and failing to solve. Yet this concept somehow misses the fact that...
by Omega | May 22, 2023 | Politics
The Biden administration’s chief purpose is to narrow the economic chasm. America is bitterly divided between highly educated people who live in places that are thriving and less educated people who live in places that are left behind. That economic and social divide...
by Omega | May 22, 2023 | Polycrisis
Watch EJN’s 2023 #EarthDay webinar on the global polycrisis — what does this newly-popular term mean, why is it important for climate and environmental journalism and how can reporters uncover relevant angles and story ideas? Listen to from experts, glean story...
by Omega | May 22, 2023 | Environment
Bendell is perhaps the most controversial person I’ve interviewed in 15 years of journalism. In 2018, he published an academic paper warning that, due to climate change, our society faces inevitable and imminent collapse. Lucy Jones Link to full article in GQ...
by Omega | May 22, 2023 | Polycrisis
Today’s global problems are not just the result of a pandemic, an invasion, or fossil fuels. They are driven by the very economic systems upon which our societies currently depend. There is now ample evidence suggesting that the global economic system is facing...
by Omega | May 20, 2023 | Polycrisis
‘Polycrisis’ is a concept best popularized by Adam Tooze. According to a report from the Cascade Institute however it can be traced to French complexity theorist Edgar Morin 1—who currently holds the (…wait for it…) UNESCO Chair of Complex Thought. 2 The report...
by Susan Grelock Yusem | May 1, 2023 | Culture
“The dry well outside the huge wooden weathered door had seen better days. The massive house, the largest in the village, built in the traditional style of a haveli, was now full of dust, and was beginning to crumble in places. It was also un-inhabited and said...
by Omega | Apr 20, 2023 | Environment
The Colorado River provides water for irrigation, power generation, recreation, and habitats for endangered species. But the 40 million people who drink from this critical artery have watched it wither amid the region’s worst dry spell in more...
