Earth in Human Hands

Shaping Our Planet's Future

By: David Grinspoon

Science

for the first time in earth's history, our planet is experiencing a confluence of rapidly accelerating changes prompted by one species: humans. climate change is only the most visible of the modifications we've made—up until this point, inadvertently—to the planet. and our current behavior threatens not only our own future but that of countless other creatures. by comparing earth's story to those...