Synthetic Biology and Nature-Based Solutions
Kent H. Redford and William M. Adams, the authors of Strange Natures: Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology, explain why synthetic biology and…
Environment
Indigenous Voices in Global Soil (and Climate) Policy
Jo Handelsman, Kayla Cohen, Garth Harmsworth and Shaun Awatere tell us about the importance of soil and why the voices of indigenous people must…
Coral Reefs – beauty and wonder lie within superficially simple stories about their residents
Anyone who has watched one or two documentaries about coral reefs will have heard about cleaning stations. A number of small fish species and…
Staff Pick: Nature Books
In celebration of Earth Day on 22nd April, Yale University Press London staff choose their favourite books on theme of nature. April’s Staff Pick…
Nature Inside: Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior
We seem, today, to be infatuated with indoor plants and flowers. Many of our every day public indoor spaces are full of them, while…
Blooming Flowers by Kasia Boddy – An Extract
The fact that the daisy grows in so many places — native to western, central and northern Europe, it has naturalised in most temperate…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Galileo Galilei
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History…
Content Collection | New Scientist Live
New Scientist Live is an award-winning, mind-expanding festival of ideas and discoveries for everyone curious about science and why it matters. From 10th-13th October…
Gardens and Gardening by Jill Francis
The extravagant gardens of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British aristocracy are well-documented and celebrated, but the more modest gardens of the rural county gentry…
Five Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Biological Invasions
Award-winning adventure and science journalist, Leslie Anthony, offers five things you (maybe) didn’t know about the burgeoning environmental phenomenon that is the rapidly growing…
The Paleo Diet and Ancient Civilisation, by James C. Scott
In his latest work, Against the Grain, James C. Scott explores why humans abandoned hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and…
Gardens of Court and Country – Celebrating Hampton Court Flower Show
To celebrate this Year’s Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the Yale Books Blog is in conversation with David Jacques about his…
How do we fix climate change? – An extract from Ben Barber’s Cool Cities
The climate change debate is at the top of the news agenda and is proving controversial among nations. Ben Barber, founder of The Global…
Decarbonisation and the fossil fuels – what happens next? by Dieter Helm, Part 3 of 3
Dieter Helm, author of Burn Out, asks whether oil, gas and coal company executives should be quaking in their boots after the Paris Agreement? Is…
Digitalisation: The Deadly Threat to Fossil Fuels by Dieter Helm, Part 2 of 3
Industry expert Dieter Helm states that an energy revolution is under way. Below, he controversially surveys existing and future technological opportunities that will change the energy…