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The next ‘Big One’: The world is inching towards more catastrophic climate events

Science tells us catastrophe is not a question of if, but when

The Independent UK · Aug 24

The novel that changed my mind – ten experts share a perspective‑shifting read

Our beliefs aren’t fixed. They’re shaped, stretched and sometimes overturned by the ideas we encounter as we move through life. For many of us, novels are the moments where that shift happens.

The Conversation · Mar 4

The Guardian view on the new space race: humanity risks exporting its old politics to the moon

Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look skyward, where a new lunar contest mirrors humanity’s struggle to live within planetary limits

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2025

Billionaires are out of touch and much too powerful. The planet is in trouble

The 1% aren’t just the biggest climate wreckers, they also greatly influence how the world responds to the crisis, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

Telling stories of our climate futures is essential to thinking through the net-zero choices of today

It has been a year of devastating climate impacts with humanity around the world experiencing a bitter taste of what climate scientists have been warning about for years. The dire prospect is that we are on the precipice of a “new abnormal.”

The Conversation · Aug 9, 2023

The Long Heat, an energy coup, a season of asthma ... new Australian cli-fi novel Children of Tomorrow challenges the form but is rife with contradictions

For at least the past decade, writers and critics have been debating the capacity of literary fiction to represent the realities of climate change. Some argue fiction is one of our best tools for reckoning with a world transfigured by anthropogenic warming. Others believe traditional narrative modes are unable to…

The Conversation · Mar 21, 2023

Science fiction exhibition in London takes visitors on a journey into space

Voyage to the Edge of Imagination at the Science Museum uses AI and interactive exhibits to create an immersive experience

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022