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Egypt, hosting U.N. climate talks, has a history of climate collapse
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Egypt, hosting U.N. climate talks, has a history of climate collapse

Egypt's rulers are hosting U.N. climate talks known as COP27. Their ancient predecessors were probably toppled in part from climate issues, researchers say.
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Climate protesters endangering ‘irreplaceable’ art, say global museums

Almost 100 representatives of international art galleries warn that climate protest groups like Just Stop Oil are endangering priceless masterpieces.
Norway literary time capsule Anthropocene
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This time capsule of famous writers’ unseen work will grow in Norway for a century. What does it tell us about the Anthropocene?

Future Library’s books will be printed from trees that are still growing, and no one alive will read them. It’s a metaphor for the climate crisis.

Earth is getting a 'black box' because of climate change

Earth is getting a 'black box' because of climate change

When a plane crashes, its flight recorder is critical to piecing together the missteps that led to calamity. Now the planet is getting its own in case it self-destructs.
Living in a world in which nature has already lost
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Living in a world in which nature has already lost

In “Second Nature,” Nathaniel Rich offers a tour of the ways humans have both conquered the natural world and been overwhelmed by the unintended consequences.
How do you know when society is about to fall apart?
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How do you know when society is about to fall apart?

Meet the scholars who study civilizational collapse.
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