Articles by Fred Pearce
Fred Pearce is author of The Coming Population Crash: And Our Planet's Surprising Future.
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Natural debate: Do forests grow better without our help?
Nations around the world are pledging to plant billions of trees to grow new forests. But a new study shows that the potential for natural forest regrowth to absorb carbon from the atmosphere and fight climate change is far greater than has previously been estimated.
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Is geoengineering the answer to the climate crisis?
Geoengineering has always seemed a little out there. But now, it might be our last hope.
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On World Population Day, take note: population isn’t the problem
Is population growth the cause of our troubles?A green myth is on the march. It wants to blame the world’s overbreeding poor people for the planet’s peril. It stinks. And on World Population Day, I encourage fellow environmentalists not to be seduced. Some greens think all efforts to save the world are doomed unless we […]