Can any country opt-out of Google?

Can any country opt-out of Google?

Nations may opt-out of the EU, and regions out of nations, but is corporate power inescapable? Lindsay Mackie reports on a vital, missing debate Is corporate power a danger to democracies? This was the key, under-considered question that the New Weather Institute...
Why climate change means more earthquakes and volcanoes

Why climate change means more earthquakes and volcanoes

In a world distracted by political tremors Bill McGuire warns we are waking real, angry giants Too many people think that climate change is all about the atmosphere – if they think about it at all – where the carbon pollution arising from human excesses is...
The new Atlantis: will Miami become the City in the Sea?

The new Atlantis: will Miami become the City in the Sea?

Prof Bill McGuire wonders whether Miami’s financial district will soon give a whole new, literal meaning to going ‘off shore’, ending up 60 km out to sea Rarely, if ever now, does a month go by without more evidence coming to light of the increasingly dire straits we...