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April 18, 2013

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11:35 AM | The Limits of the Earth–Part 2: Expanding the Limits
This is part two of a two-part series on the limits of human economic growth on planet Earth.  Part one details some of the environmental and natural resource challenges we’re up against. Part two, here, looks at the ultimate size of the resource pool and solutions to our problems.  Both parts are based on Ramez [...]
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April 17, 2013

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11:53 AM | The Limits of the Earth–Part 1: Problems
This is part one of a two-part series on the limits of human economic growth on planet Earth.  Part one details some of the environmental and natural resource challenges we’re up against. Part two, on the ultimate size of the resource pool and solutions to our problems, will be published tomorrow and linked here.  Both [...]
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September 21, 2012

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2:04 PM | Arctic Sea Ice: What, Why, and What Next
On September 19th, NSIDC, the National Snow and Ice Data Center, announced that Arctic sea ice has shrunk as far as it will shrink this summer, and that the ice is beginning to reform, expanding the floating ice cap that covers the North Pole and the seas around it.   The Arctic Sea Ice extent this [...]
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