If you want to live through Armageddon, talk to a space scientist. From understanding the microbes that thrive in extreme environments to studying past sustainability crises on Earth and other planets, these researchers are piecing together life in the universe to understand how to survive today.
A case in point is Professor Adam Frank, an astrophysicist from the US-based University of Rochester, author of numerous science novels and, as it turns out, science consultant for Marvel Studios’ ‘Doctor Strange’.
His latest publication, ‘Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth’, looks at the emerging science of astrobiology and how it can help us understand today’s Earthly threats, especially climate change, so we can plot a safe path through the Anthropocene.
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