Giovanni Zurlini

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The global temperature is changing, but do we really know in which direction?

The Heartland Institute has effectively become the international headquarters of the climate "realists", an analog to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the climate...

10 October 2014 1,079 22 View

Do you trust theory reduction, stating that the whole is nothing more than the sum of its parts?

Reductionism deals with the relation between different theories that address different levels of reality, and uses extrapolations to apply that relation in different sciences. Reality shows a...

07 July 2014 9,754 34 View

What is your opinion on the last Edgar Morin paper?

Edgar Morin is a Sociologist and a Philosopher, and Emeritus Director of Research at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France. He has concentrated on developing a method...

04 April 2014 5,225 18 View

Are you aware of what is going on for GMs, PCBs and dioxins in agriculture?

With 7 billion people currently living on the planet to feed, we have to be increasingly aware of what is going on and who is taking decisions in this matter that is crucial for our survival and...

04 April 2014 8,472 48 View

Ecological connectivity: Should we keep on looking for the best GIS tool or connectivity measure or should we better focus on the kind of data we use?

An accepted goal of conservation is to build a conservation network that is resilient to fragmentation and environmental change. However, fragmentation is a relative concept as well as...

02 February 2014 2,709 43 View