Browsing Tag
monoculture
2 posts
Why Our Entire World Depends on This One Tree
The modern world relies on natural rubber, a material that cannot be fully replicated, sourced from a single tree species at risk of being wiped out by a devastating disease.
Troy’s fall was partly due to environmental strain – and it holds lessons for today
Stephan Blum, University of Tübingen Sometimes the seeds of collapse are sown in the very soil of prosperity.…