Phoebe Barnard

We explore three drivers of ecological overshoot in depth and summarize our recent academic paper on what we …

Previously, anthropogenic ecological overshoot has been identified as a fundamental cause of the myriad sympt…

Our species, despite its cleverness, is proving grimly resistant to wisdom. The rise and fall of civilization…

In this warnings-into-action framework, 15 world scientists, economists and policy/governance specialists out…

Well, it's one thing to know that we need to transform society to a more sustainable, more just and equitable…

Many of my recent interviews, films, videos and podcasts on the climate emergency, climate optimism, and six …

The climate emergency has arrived and is accelerating more rapidly than most scientists anticipated, and many…

There's nothing like an extended period of hosting relatives over the family holiday season for gaining some …

We appreciate the letters by Pouliot and colleagues (2020) and DellaSala and colleagues (2020) about our rece…

This week of impeachment proceedings in the USA has surely been one of those times to reflect hard on where t…

Phew - it's been a dizzying quintuple-whammy of news over the past month - even for those of us hardened by r…

Authored by Tiara Walters, Daily Maverick / Burning Planet, and extensively interviewing me. (Photo: Cristian…

Today, on Veterans' Day in the USA, I find myself thinking about the Baby Boom. Like those of so many people …

Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat and to "tell it like i…

What a tenuous time to be a parent. Is anyone else knocked off-course in this way?