Is managing global climate now our duty?

We live in interesting times. We’ve now realized that our activities are changing global climate and thereby harming both ourselves and the rest of the biosphere. And we are begining to do something about it. International efforts are assessing and attempting to manage our climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions and many institutions and even individuals are taking action to become “carbon […]

The Earth We Created – an interview

Here is an interview about my work with anthropogenic biomes and opinions about sustainable management of the environment: http://knowledge.allianz.com/search.cfm?156/the-environmental-impact-of-population-growth The reporter, Thilo Kunzemann, of Allianz Knowledge, did a great job by asking me some hard questions- they were fun to answer- but I hope my answers won’t seem overconfident in the next 50 years!

Welcome to our new blog site!

Welcome to our new blogging site for the Laboratory for Anthropogenic Landscape Ecology! This site will give members of our lab a forum for discussing the nature we humans have created on our planet, and the tools we need to observe, model, and manage our new human nature.