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Where will we get enough sustainable energy, and what sources should be prioritized to help focus and co-ordinate research in the next decade?
Posted on August 29th, 2009Categorized as Interdisciplinary Tagged as carbon, energy, funding, setting priorities, sustainable energy
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Carbon has been our primary energy source so far, and is not sustainable. There are many alternatives, but research is fragmented, and each source appears to try and compete and downplay the other, rather than augment one another. This is probably due to limited funding, and an absence of priorities.
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How do we keep all of this research relevant to society?
Posted on August 29th, 2009Categorized as Interdisciplinary, Other, Social Science Tagged as communication, funding, general public, relevance to society
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Earth System Science has something of an identity crisis – the general public, and certainly many scientists don’t know what it’s about while we think it’s at the basis of our future existence on this planet. Do we, the research community, have spokes-people focusing on communication? How can individuals improve – or create – a commonly understood reputation for this field? Without this reputation we will struggle to find funding, students, jobs.
