Moisture matters! What’s the impact of water thresholds and soil characteristics?
IIASA researcher Rastislav Skalsky looks at the importance of soil, its moisture content, and how to measure it, relating to his work with the GROW Observatory.
Dance and science: A graceful partnership for change
Jessie Jeanne Stinnett shares her thoughts on the place of dance within the 21st century discourse on global issues through an IIASA/Harvard Art and Science project.
Climate risks, limits, and a need for transformational adaptation
An author shares his perspective on the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.
Creativity: a change in thinking for a sustainable future
IIASA 2018 YSSP participant Laura Mononen looks at creativity from a systems perspective to build a more sustainable world.
Insights into the future of agriculture from past human climate change responses
IIASA researcher and former YSSP participant Marcus Thomson explains how he used archeological data and climate modeling to look at the past responses of farmers to climate change, and offer important insights for the future.
The world needs IIASA: Pavel Kabat looks back
Pavel Kabat is chief scientist at the World Meteorological Organization and was director general of IIASA from February 2012 until September 2018
Volunteering for our climate – An interview with YSSP participant Yuping Bai
The PhD student talks about her volunteer work for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Reimagining the workforce of the future
J. Luke Irwin, 2018 YSSP participant, explains how we can make the most of our potential by re-imagining the future of human work.
Estimating risk across Africa
Lillian Petersen, high-school student and summer intern at IIASA, is working on developing high-resolution estimates of the risk for humanitarian crises across Africa.
Climate systems science is personal and so are the risks
Dame Julia Slingo and Peter Lemke on translating climate change risk into personally relevant narratives.
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