Climate Engineering Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/33-3/ The best minds on the most important topics. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 23:14:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Climate Engineering Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/33-3/ 32 32 Glass Microbiology https://issues.org/glass-microbiology/ https://issues.org/glass-microbiology/#respond Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:55:14 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=16690 Luke Jerram’s multidisciplinary arts practice involves the creation of sculptures, installations, and live artworks. He lives in the United Kingdom and creates work across the globe.

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]]> https://issues.org/glass-microbiology/feed/ 0 From the Hill – Spring 2017 https://issues.org/from-the-hill-11/ https://issues.org/from-the-hill-11/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:28:37 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14888 Trump administration outlines budget shakeup
The first Trump administration budget announcement provides a partial picture of what he has in mind for science and technology spending, and the first glimpse is not… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/from-the-hill-11/feed/ 0 The Little Match’s Momentous Legacy https://issues.org/book-review-the-little-matchs-momentous-legacy/ https://issues.org/book-review-the-little-matchs-momentous-legacy/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:25:58 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14912 Enrico Fermi ranks among the twentieth century’s most famous physicists. He is known to the public for creating the world’s first nuclear reactor, and to fellow scientists for experiments revealing mysteries as… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/book-review-the-little-matchs-momentous-legacy/feed/ 0 Philosopher’s Corner: Does This Pro-science Party Deserve Our Votes? https://issues.org/perspective-does-this-pro-science-party-deserve-our-votes/ https://issues.org/perspective-does-this-pro-science-party-deserve-our-votes/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2017 14:06:11 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14894 Philosophers and scientists have long struggled to get the relationship between science and politics just right. The balance of opinion suggests that the two should periodically interact for mutual benefit but otherwise… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/perspective-does-this-pro-science-party-deserve-our-votes/feed/ 0 Climate Change is a Waste Management Problem https://issues.org/climate-change-waste-management-problem/ https://issues.org/climate-change-waste-management-problem/#comments Tue, 30 May 2017 17:32:35 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14908 The physical problem underlying climate change is very simple: dumping carbon dioxide and other greenhouses gases into the air raises their concentrations in the atmosphere and causes gradual warming. In the several… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/climate-change-waste-management-problem/feed/ 1 Notes from a Revolution: Lessons from the Human Genome Project https://issues.org/notes-from-a-revolution-lessons-from-the-human-genome-project/ https://issues.org/notes-from-a-revolution-lessons-from-the-human-genome-project/#respond Mon, 22 May 2017 14:00:15 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14902 A critical scientific effort that almost didn’t happen illustrates the need for a rigorous but flexible process to evaluate large-scale transformative research proposals.
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]]> https://issues.org/notes-from-a-revolution-lessons-from-the-human-genome-project/feed/ 0 Coordinated Action Against Climate Change: A New World Symphony https://issues.org/coordinated-action-against-climate-change-a-new-world-symphony/ https://issues.org/coordinated-action-against-climate-change-a-new-world-symphony/#respond Mon, 15 May 2017 14:00:52 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14906 A systems approach begins with limiting greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to unavoidable climate disruptions, while researching the feasibility and governability of geoengineering.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/coordinated-action-against-climate-change-a-new-world-symphony/feed/ 0 Confronting the Crisis in Higher Ed https://issues.org/book-review-confronting-the-crisis-in-higher-ed/ https://issues.org/book-review-confronting-the-crisis-in-higher-ed/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 17:09:19 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14910 It is hard to believe that only four and a half years ago, the New York Times proclaimed 2012 “The Year of the MOOC.” What a difference a day makes. Three of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/book-review-confronting-the-crisis-in-higher-ed/feed/ 0 Forum – Spring 2017 https://issues.org/forum-34/ https://issues.org/forum-34/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 16:30:49 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14886 The infrastructure challenge
In “Infrastructure and Democracy” (Issues, Winter 2017), Christopher Jones and David Reinecke remind us that infrastructures have historically been inaccessible to many people in the United States,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/forum-34/feed/ 0 Are Moonshots Giant Leaps of Faith? https://issues.org/are-moonshots-giant-leaps-of-faith/ https://issues.org/are-moonshots-giant-leaps-of-faith/#respond Mon, 01 May 2017 11:34:18 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14900 We need only compare our standards of living with those of a few generations ago, when vaccines or air travel were not widely accessible, to obtain a sense of how much the… Read More

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