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Patagonia to be dammed
London: Plans for five hydrodams in the wilderness of Patagonia have been approved by environmental regulators appointed by Chile President Sebastian Piñera’s administration. The controversial plans...
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Gelada chatter
London: My interview with the fab gelada researcher Aliza le Roux, who I met in the Simien Highlands of Ethiopia, is being broadcast in a Discovery programme for BBC World Service. So I thought I’d...
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The kids are not all right
London: We’re all now used to watching riots and violence flaring from the TV – the Arab Spring (now Summer) is just the latest in a continuum of civic unrest whose eruptions occur around the globe in...
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High Arctic
London: The unfortunate Horatio Chapple of Eton College was not the only one exploring the remote Svalbard archipelago a week ago, I was also there, albeit in a safer, warmer, more convenient way, and...
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Acting out climate change
London: If you’re in the Lake District next weekend, I recommend going to a performance of As The World Tipped, which is showing as part of MintFest on 4 September in Kendal. My review of the outdoor...
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Waste-lifters of the world unite
Durban: As expected for the final day of the international climate negotiations, things are hotting up – press conferences have been cancelled, which is a reliable barometer of such things....
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Hello America!
ADVENTURES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE is out in the USA! I spoke to countless Americans while researching the book, and visited people and institutes across the country – do pick up a copy and read their...
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Anthropocene mindset
It’s a good time to reflect on the kind of Anthropocene we’re creating, and how we might make it a better one. Although we have already so changed the planet that it has entered a unique state – the...
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Origins of human culture
This was a fun programme to make on the origins of human culture for Discovery on BBC World Service – have a listen.
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Escape to Costa Rica
This Sunday at 7pm on Channel 4 (British TV) is the first of my 3-part series exploring my incredible journey around this stunning Central American country. Why Costa Rica? This little country – the...
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