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

Controlling the climate with technology was once the stuff of science fiction. But with tests already underway, there’s an urgent need for global governance of geoengineering.

In a clarion call to other developing nations, Bangladesh is girding itself against the hazards of a warmer world

Hopes are fading that a strong treaty will emerge from next month’s negotiations in Copenhagen. Researchers who study cooperation, though, aren’t surprised.

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.

—Kenneth Deffeyes, Princeton University geologist, on his prediction that world oil production would peak around 2006

—Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on climate change

—Bill McKibben, on humanity ignoring limits to growth

—Joe Romm, a physicist, climate expert, and former energy official in the Clinton administration