Land as a planet

By the publisher:

While continues the extraordinary rhythm of the astronomical discovery, we always see that the stuff of life is widespread throughout the cosmos. Life, even complex life, must be common out there. We know several hundred billions of stars in our galaxy, at least 100 billion of galaxies and planets around most of the stars we see.

Yet, despite the drum of the tests, we know again a single planet in the cosmos with life – the one you stand on. Most of us consider life as precious, and it is certainly fragile. We live in a carefully balanced ecosystem that is quickly changing, a change that has started with the industrial revolution a couple of centuries ago.

It is fun that astronomy fans, by nature, are concentrated on science and most of them believe in science. But you cannot believe in science only when it agrees with your longtime assumptions and beliefs. This is the scientific point: it is a systematic way of understanding reality, eo you always believe it, wherever the tests lead them, or you don’t do it. You cannot believe in science only when it agrees with your preconceived or live notions in a fantasy world personalized personally.

Science tells us that climate change is real and the planet is changing – and its potential habitability – at the speed of interruption. But let’s stop all this speech to “take care of the planet”. It is silly. In the words of the comedian George Carlin: “The planet has passed much worse than us … earthquakes, volcanoes, plates, continental drifts, sinking two -tales, sunscreen, magnetic storms, magnetic waves of the poles, hundreds of poles, thousands of years, worldwide, world food, World Wavs: World Wavs, World Wavs. Moli of sea erosion, expensive rays.

He begins by reading the main climatic scientist Katherine Hayhoe: Solve the climatic equation. So think about what we can make sure that the earth is not only a nice place to live now, but also a million generations from now. We don’t take a certain responsibility for others to come, and not simply the current moment?

Let me mention too How to build climatic solutions: an interview with Tony Fadell. This interview, conducted by the publisher Senior Mark Zastrow, brings us the words of industrial and brilliant Tony Fadell. Fadell created the iPod, he co-united the iPhone and co-founded the nest of the security company. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Starmus Festival, and certainly one of the most interesting people I know. It focuses on how we can build solutions to the climatic crisis before reaching a point of no return, and you should certainly consider its thoughts on how we can lower the heat for our Christmas planet.

The editor of the contribution Korey Haynes produced a star story, How do we study our planetexploring the way we use orbiting satellites to inform us about our home. The series of satellites in orbit, including the earth’s observation system, VA, Dsovr and others, helps us to keep an eye on how the earth is changing.

Last but certainly not less important, let me mention a great story of another collaborator of Stormus, Chris Rapley: Because our climate future depends on Antarctica. Rapley outlines the incredibly important role of Antarctic in stabilizing the climate of the earth. As Professor of Climate Sciences at the University College London and longtime director of the Science Museum in London, his analysis of the continent far from the minds of many people should be a crucial part of the understanding of the crisis now faced by our world.

Although the planet will go well, as Carlin reminds us, don’t we want a hospitable place for future generations of humans to occupy? Now it is better to think for a long time for this question. Great changes often cannot be resumed. Good luck, planet earth.

Cordially,

David J. Eicher
Chief editor