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[1 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]

http://www.connectedwaters.unsw.edu.au/resources/articles/coastal_aquifers.html

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[9 Mar 2009 | 3 Comments | ]

The first line of the algorithm streamed through his brain and he felt a burning sensation in his sinuses as the pattern formed itself in his mind’s eye. The job wasn’t going to pay, and it wasn’t particularly challenging in itself, but he felt it was a worthwhile thing to be helping these refugees. They were from London this lot. Not the worst affected area certainly, but everyone knew that there was barely anywhere in Europe that wasn’t a frozen wasteland, and people were saying that the Glaciation – nobody …

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[5 Mar 2009 | One Comment | ]

A few questions about what life could be like in 2040-50:
1. Resources & Waste – What will things – e.g. food, clothing, buildings, tools – be made of in the future? How will people deal with resource depletion and waste from manufacturing and consumption?
2. Climate – Is dangerous climate change inevitable and if so how fast is it occurring? What will people in the future need to do in order to live with the unavoidable effects of climate change?
3. Genetics & Biotechnology – If we are manipulating genomes, what organisms …