Remove Natural Sciences Remove Politics Remove Rainforest
article thumbnail

Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. The missing knowledge is not primarily natural science. Political and social science must come to the fore to help develop effective responses to tipping events. Such shifts are non-linear, and practically irreversible.

article thumbnail

The Story of A Lifetime

Academy of Natural Sciences

Robert Peck, senior fellow and artifacts curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences, has his fingerprints all over the world of natural history. When asked whether he was scared for his life, he politely laughs. “No, ” Peck in the mountainous rainforests of Ecuador. No, not until much later,” he says.