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April 2023

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The Future of Earth

The Future of Earth

In celebration of Earth Day 2023, Inverse looks ahead to the future of our home planet and some of the most ambitious and exciting ideas and innovations driving our lives on Earth forward.

By Inverse Staff
Profile

Ariel Ekblaw Wants To Go to Space So We Can Save Earth

By Claire Cameron

The 30-year-old founder of MIT’s Space Exploration Initiative is engineering small wonders with a big goal: making sure Earth remains our home.

Feature

What If You Could Become a Tree?

By Lindsay Lee Wallace

Funerary startup Transcend is on a quest to rebrand death for the good of life on Earth.

Nature

Inside the Controversial Strategy To Make the World More Wild

By Abe Musselman

What does “nature” mean to you?

Astronomy

Why the Greatest Threat To Star-Gazing Isn’t Light Pollution

By Doris Elín Urrutia

It’s the weather.

Science

Is There a Best Way to Think About the Future of Earth?

By Becca Caddy

The optimal way to think about the future may not be as long-term as you think.

Reel Science

The Wildest Gerard Butler Sci-Fi Movie on HBO Max Barely Understands Its Own Science

By Tara Yarlagadda

Geostorm has a ludicrous premise — and even more ludicrous technology.

Archaeology

Scientists Are Fighting To Save Ancient Human History From a Rising Threat

By Kiona Smith

Climate change threatens to destroy humanity’s past, but archaeologists are fighting to preserve our story.

Review

'Suzume' is Makoto Shinkai's Most Daring, Caring, and Personal Movie Yet

By Rafael Motamayor

This is the movie Makoto Shinkai has been preparing to make for the past eight years.