Category Archives: geoengineering

Geoengineering: welcome to a brave new world

Posted on 23 October 2018 by Peter Boyer

With climate change now belatedly in the political spotlight, we need to focus on a new factor which dramatically raises the stakes. Climate change is now – finally – the dominant political issue it should always have been in this … Continue reading →

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The battle to tame Prosser’s shifting sands

Posted on 2 January 2018 by Peter Boyer

Bending nature to our will is not a straightforward matter. The little beach near Port Arthur where my family used to camp over summer was the perfect place for a boy to play out fantasies about coastal engineering. As with … Continue reading →

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Tim Flannery finds some silver linings

Posted on 29 September 2015 by Peter Boyer

Is there any light down that long dark tunnel? [29 September | Peter Boyer] Spring has sprung and life is full of promise. This is surely a season for hope. In Washington (where it’s autumn), a joint weekend statement by … Continue reading →

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