Julian Cribb

Julian Cribb AM is an Australian science writer and author of six books on the human existential emergency. His latest book is “How to Fix a Broken Planet” (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

Julian's recent articles

Delete the Earth

Delete the Earth

Noicide: advent of a new Dark Age

Noicide: advent of a new Dark Age

Here comes the human tsunami...

Here comes the human tsunami...

Lies, damned lies and catastrophic risks

Lies, damned lies and catastrophic risks

The end of freedom

The end of freedom

2024 a dire year for Human Survival

2024 a dire year for Human Survival

A triumph for greed over commonsense and humanity

A triumph for greed over commonsense and humanity

The gods look on aghast, as human calamity unfolds...

The gods look on aghast, as human calamity unfolds...

When the oceans run amok: We ought not to ignore such clear indicators of an imminent collapse

When the oceans run amok: We ought not to ignore such clear indicators of an imminent collapse

The deafening silence in the eye of the hurricane

The deafening silence in the eye of the hurricane

Is Arctic methane stoking the climate crisis?

Is Arctic methane stoking the climate crisis?

The Earth is sick and getting sicker

The Earth is sick and getting sicker

The elephant in the room

Stoking the climate furnace...

Stoking the climate furnace...

When convicts rule... civil wars may follow

When convicts rule... civil wars may follow

Did a US funded biotechnology experiment ignite the worst pandemic of modern times?

Did a US funded biotechnology experiment ignite the worst pandemic of modern times?

Coral catastrophe signals our own undoing

Coral catastrophe signals our own undoing

The next World War has started

The next World War has started

Climate chaos: world overheats while Europe faces a new Ice Age

Climate chaos: world overheats while Europe faces a new Ice Age

We are exhuming the teeming Dead

We are exhuming the teeming Dead

Humanity declares war on its children

Humanity declares war on its children

Hallucinatory world: Governments blind as multiple catastrophes besiege human civilisation

Hallucinatory world: Governments blind as multiple catastrophes besiege human civilisation

An Australian Holocaust: greenhouse gas emissions and mass deaths

An Australian Holocaust: greenhouse gas emissions and mass deaths

We need an Earth System Treaty to save civilisation. And we need it now

We need an Earth System Treaty to save civilisation. And we need it now

Cities in mortal danger foreshadow the human fate

Cities in mortal danger foreshadow the human fate

Our planet is imploding: when will we act to save ourselves?

Our planet is imploding: when will we act to save ourselves?

Look out! Here come The Elders...

Look out! Here come The Elders...

The earth has Bipolar Disorder: and so do we

The earth has Bipolar Disorder: and so do we

Bruce Haigh: time for some revolutionary Australian art

Bruce Haigh: time for some revolutionary Australian art

The nation state is on the skids

The nation state is on the skids

Bruce Haigh: a farewell

Bruce Haigh: a farewell

A plan for human survival

A plan for human survival

Best of 2022: The world votes for climate hell

Best of 2022: The world votes for climate hell

The world votes for climate hell

The world votes for climate hell

8 billionth human: Has the population bomb exploded?

8 billionth human: Has the population bomb exploded?

Here comes the catastrophocene...

Here comes the catastrophocene...

The Age of Women

The Age of Women

Humanity: sinking into a stagnant ocean

Humanity: sinking into a stagnant ocean

The media's role in the age of deceit

The media's role in the age of deceit

Our two-party system is corrupt vote for decency instead

Our two-party system is corrupt vote for decency instead

The earth is now warming itself it may be too late for humanity

The earth is now warming itself it may be too late for humanity

Idiocracy: how the decline in human intelligence is undermining democracy

Idiocracy: how the decline in human intelligence is undermining democracy

Time to end the mass killing

A choice between national happiness and national misery

Solving the mega-risks

Our national anthem is a joke. Tinkering won't fix it.

Why 2050 is too darned late

JULIAN CRIBB. Diagnosing the American Disease

JULIAN CRIBB. Is a Food Supply Crisis the next big hit?

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