scholarly journals Letters in the earth sciences: written in the past useful in the future

2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Graziano Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Earth Sciences ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future

Foresight, hindsight, IODP and science communicaton

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Cotterill ◽  
Sharon Katz Cooper ◽  
Angela Slagle ◽  
Carl Brenner
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Niels Bohr ◽  
Current Phase ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Ocean Drilling ◽  
The Past ◽  
Societal Relevance ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future

<p>There aren’t many circumstances that require looking into the future to decide what people will be interested in about the past, while writing in the present. Dr. Roz Coggan wasn’t kidding when she drew a picture of a scientific ocean drilling vessel and labelled it as a Time Machine! So how do we go about communicating the science in the sediments, the cliff-hangers in the cores?</p><p>Since 1966, the scientific community has looked to the oceans, and the natural laboratories hidden beneath them, to answer fundamental questions concerning the composition, structure, and key processes of the Earth, unravelling geochemical, biological, physical, structural, climatic and geohazard-related complexities along the way. As the current phase of scientific ocean drilling (IODP) is drawing to an end, an international team has drafted a new vision for the future of this inspiring and unique program, released officially in Fall 2020.</p><p>The 2050 Science Framework for Scientific Ocean Drilling consists of seven Strategic Objectives and five Flagship Initiatives. Spanning all of these are four Enabling Elements - key facets that facilitate research activities, enhance outputs, and maximise their impact. Enabling Element 1 covers the broader impacts and outreach associated with scientific ocean drilling, including highlighting the societal relevance of its research topics, inspiring and training the next generation of ocean scientists, addressing knowledge sharing and collaborations, and working towards greater diversity and inclusion in geoscience. These are not small issues to address, and overall Enabling Element 1 sets an aspirational target for science communication going forward:</p><p>“Using a variety of social media and web-based platforms, data and results will be broadly disseminated to educators, policymakers, and the public, securing scientific ocean drilling’s position as the authoritative source of information about the Earth system.” (Koppers and Coggon, 2020)</p><p>We believe that with such broad aims, now is the time to formulate large-scale strategies for science communication. By bringing in aspects of strategy and branding, stirred together with a good dose of umbrella narratives, we aim to develop a transmedia approach to science communication, taking different present audiences on unique journeys into the past with an eye on the future. We will need to assess framing and relevance, the power of storytelling to communicate facts, and how best to ensure that our activities contribute to excitement about learning the unfolding stories of the Earth. Now is the perfect time to initiate this effort, and it is hoped that this review of multiple aspects of Science Communication, Public Engagement and branding can help begin these discussions.</p><p>“What is it that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others”. Niels Bohr</p><p><img src="https://contentmanager.copernicus.org/fileStorageProxy.php?f=gepj.9eeeacff500068037360161/sdaolpUECMynit/12UGE&app=m&a=0&c=7695791849a0f9cd39fd62c7511f16b5&ct=x&pn=gepj.elif&d=1" alt=""></p><p>Original illustration by GeoProse from the 2050 From Koppers, A.A.P., and R. Coggon, eds. 2020. Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling: 2050 Framework.</p>

scholarly journals What a Suave Man he Was! […] The Earth Trembled as he Perished Two Polish Suicides: Wołodyjowski – Wokulski

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Samborska-Kukuć
Keyword(s):  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
European Partner

There is more to the literary polemic between the author of The Doll and the creator of The Trilogy than merely Prus’ contradictory review of Sienkiewicz’s With Fire and Sword. It also includes The Doll’s multifarious allusiveness to Fire in the Steppe, manifested in particular in the meaningful, symbolic ending, whereby both protagonists blow themselves up, literally and metaphorically cornered in old buildings. Prus converses with Sienkiewicz in a discreet manner, though the careful reader will spot contentious issues. These include the struggle for a different type of protagonist – not a hero, but an individual entangled in romantic myths, paralysing their life forces; a different perception of the past, rational and fair rather than glorified and martyrological; finally, a different outlook on the present and the future, promoting entrepreneurship and economy as tools for the development of Poland as a European partner, rather than the idealistic focus on the utopian, foregone concepts of military achievements. The text highlights the similarities in the characters of Wokulski and Wołodyjowski, with special emphasis on the final scenes and the demise of the world after the protagonists’ respective disappearance. The two famous literary suicides, patterning after the deed of Ordon as depicted in Mickiewicz’s poem, have been parodied (e.g. by Mrożek) and adopted, thus becoming literary weapons in the struggle with the Polish mythopoeia, xenophobia, and exaggerated patriotism.

scholarly journals ¿Existe una imagen del futuro? Sobre tiempos, imágenes, mundos otros y Antropoceno

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (53) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Hernando Guarín Martínez ◽  
Marta Jimena Cabrera Ardila
Keyword(s):  
Outer Space ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Paradoxical Movement ◽  
The Future ◽  
To Come

Resumen: Este artículo aborda los modos como las imágenes prefiguran el tiempo por venir, el futuro. En otras palabras, lo que entendemos por el futuro, un tiempo sin historicidad, es articulado en el tiempo presente y corresponde a un paradójico movimiento entre tiempo de nostalgia y tiempo de deseo. Para explorar el tema, abordamos las nociones de profecía y predicción y posteriormente ahondamos en las imágenes técnicas, que son centrales en la producción de la era geológica conocida como Antropoceno. El Antropoceno, en tanto escenario planetario inminente, significa un particular encuentro entre las profecías apocalípticas de las religiones y el pensamiento mítico, y las predicciones catastróficas de las ciencias, derivando en una singular imagen de futuro que pareciera ser un fin y un comienzo a la vez: la conquista del Espacio y la terraformación de otros mundos, donde Marte es una suerte de espejo de la Tierra que proyecta imágenes que son simultáneamente del pasado y del futuro.Palabras Clave: Antropoceno. antropología de la imagen. historicidad. Marte. terraformación ¿Existe una imagen del futuro? Sobre tiempos, imágenes, mundos otros y Antropoceno Abstract: This article explores the ways in which images prefigure times to come, the future. In other words, what we understand as future, a time devoid of historicity, is articulated in the present and corresponds to a paradoxical movement between nostalgia and desire. To delve into the matter, we explore the notions of prophecy and prediction, then we examine technical images, which are key to the production of the geological era known as the Anthropocene. The Anthropoce, seen as an imminent planetary scenario, implies a remarkable encounter between apocalyptic prophecies, mythical thinking, and scientific catastrophic predictions which condensate in a singular image of the future that speaks of beginnings and ends: the conquest of outer space and the terraforming of other worlds where Mars mirrors the Earth and projects images that belong simultaneously to the past and the future.Keywords: Anthopocene. anthropology of the image. historicity. Mars. terraforming EXISTE UMA IMAGEM DO FUTURO? SOBRE TEMPOS, IMAGENS, OUTROS MUNDOS E O ANTROPOCENO Resumo: O artigo aborda os modos como as imagens provém o tempo por vir, o futuro. Em outras palavras, aquilo que entendemos por futuro, um tempo sem historicidade, é articulado no tempo presente e faz parte de um movimento paradoxal entre o tempo da saudade e o tempo do desejo. Para fazer essa abordagem, partimos das noções de profecia e predição, para compreender as imagens técnicas como elementos centrais da visualidade da era geológica conhecida como Antropoceno. Essa era geológica, em quanto cenário planetario iminente, significa um particular encontro entre as profecias apocalípticas das religões e o pensamiento mítico, e as predições catastróficas das ciências, dando lugar a uma singular imagem do futuro que se propõe como um final e um começão ao mesmo tempo: a conquista do Espaço e a terraformação de outros mundos, onde Marte é um tipo de espelho da Terra, que projeta imagens que são do pasado e do futuro ao mesmo tempo.Palavras-chave: Antropoceno. antropologia das imagens. historicidade. Marte. terraformação

scholarly journals How Many People can the Earth Support?

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Sondi Bootle
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Human Population Growth ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Human Carrying Capacity

A much-heated debate has evolved over the past few decades regarding the future of human population growth and the number of humans that the planet Earth is able to sustain. Some claim that Earth has already reached its human carrying capacity, where others argue that the carrying capacity of the planet is limitless given modern technology. What is clear is that the carrying capacity of the Earth and the future of human population growth is a subject of much uncertainty.

Future observations of planetary rings from ground-based observatories and Earth-orbiting satellites

1984 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 725-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradford A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Planetary Rings ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future

For the past several days we have been discussing observations of planetary rings and the models that have been developed to explain them. But where can we go from here? What new observations can we expect to help test the models now being developed? In order to shed some light on what the future may hold, Ed Stone and Kerry Knock will discuss furture observations by existing and proposed space probes, and I will say a few words about what we might expect to accomplish from the vicinity of the earth.

AKURASI INFORMASI BIBEL DAN AL-QUR’AN TENTANG PERISTIWA MASA LALU DAN MASA DATANG

EMPIRISMA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamam Thontowi
Keyword(s):  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future ◽  
Second Coming

Two major religions, Christianity and Islam, claim that their scriptures are God’s words and, therefore, divine, accurate, and without any mistakes. However, these statements are needed to be critically studied. This paper attempts to examine scriptural information on the events in the past and the future as presented by two holy books based on the true history or other signs. The author will discuss examples of events from the Bible and the Qur’an respectively. In the case of the Bible, the events include the floods in the age of prophet Nūh; Identity of Haman; The second coming of Jesus to the Earth before Paul; and The Kingdom of God. From the al-Qur’an, theauthor will present examples of the flood in the age of prophet Nūh; Identity of Haman; further information on Fir’aun; information on Rome after the defeat by the Persian Kingdom; and Cases of Abū Jahl and al-Walīd ibn Mughīrah. All those scriptural events will be examined comparatively in this paper.Keywords: al-Qur’an, Bibel, Informasi Skriptural, Peristiwa Masa Lalu dan Masa Kini

The Future

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-127
Author(s):  
Wayne Nowland
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Satellite Communications ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Communications Network ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future

Satellite communications technology has undergone dramatic changes over the past 20 years. The future promises to be even more dramatic — perhaps bordering on the very realms of science fiction. Imagine, for instance, clusters of giant space platforms orbiting high above the earth, each powering tens and even hundreds of communications and scientific payloads. These platforms could be interconnected across space by a sophisticated communications network of high capacity laser links.

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