finding resilience in uncertain times | climate, food, energy, safety, money

Online tokens, like for arcade games, could make it easy to pay for online content

Community sustainability teams, the IOmniscient CCTV system in Abu Dhabi, and America’s new cyber czar

Most of the chapters are classic research papers that can be downloaded free online

The planet is getting hotter and more crowded, energy supplies may soon get tighter, and yet billions of people seem to want a consumer lifestyle that's completely unsustainable. Things aren't looking good.

It seems like a long shot that we're going to somehow solve all these problems and generate enough food, fuel, and stuff to satisfy people's wants. That's why we've got to think about what to do if the world fails at this. We can fail catastrophically, or we can fail gracefully—it's up to us.

Hi, I'm Mason Inman (bio & contact), a journalist from the U.S. who's currently based in Pakistan. I cover science and the environment for magazines and websites like National Geographic News, Science, and New Scientist. My articles are here, plus my thoughts on failing gracefully and resilience.

The remote glaciers of the Himalayan mountains have been the subject of much controversy, yet little research

In a warmer world, the western Atlantic may suffer far more intense hurricanes by the end of the century

Blocking sunlight to cool the planet should be banned for now, top scientist tells Parliament

Chapter 1 of “The Age of the Unthinkable” by Joshua Cooper Ramo

Author of “$20 a Gallon” talks about the benefits of rising oil prices

New Scientist, 11 Oct 2004

—physicist David Keith, in testimony to the US House of Representatives’ Science and Technology Committee, February 2010

—George Monbiot, in a debate in the Guardian

—environmental commentator Alex Steffen of WorldChanging