Imaginings
stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world
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Arctic Dreaming? History, Resource Development, and the Future of the Arctic Meltdown
By John Sandlos We have all heard the news stories: a warming climate is destined to melt huge sections of the multi-year polar sea ice, potentially unlocking the last great untapped reservoirs of oil and natural gas in the world. The media has been preoccupied with this prediction, in part because of the controversy surrounding…
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Governmental Coercion Is Our Only Hope? A Commentary
Post by Rachel Shindelar If we are going to stop producing greenhouse gases and successfully mitigate climate change, we do not have time to wait around for individuals to become virtuous. Governmental coercion is our only hope. At least, this is what Oxford University professor John Broome claimed before launching into his lecture on “The…
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The Alpha Experiment
Post by Dominic Kotas Imagine that, at some point in the future, we discover another planet (Planet Alpha). It’s perfect for us. Somehow it satisfies all our requirements and renders Earth irrelevant to our survival. So, we leave Earth, and move into our new planet. After a few months, we start to feel at home…