Eco-Regeneration & Geoengineering
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Eco-Regeneration & Geoengineering

Containing deep insights into anticipated advances in Eco-Regeneration & Geoengineering over the next 5, 10 and 25 years, the GESDA Pulse of Science provides the expert opinions of leading researchers across the fields of energy engineering, ecology, future food systems, orbital environment, ocean science and pathogen biology.

Associated Emerging Topics:

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Emerging Topic

Energy Engineering

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of a profound transformation, driven by the urgent need to mitigate climate change and to build a more sustainable and equitable future. The current system is characterised by siloed infrastructure and a deep-seated reliance on fossil fuels, and faces mounting pressure from innovative, cleaner alternatives. However, significant barriers must be overcome, from policy biases and financial subsidies for incumbents to questions of social justice and infrastructure design.
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Emerging Topic

Ecology

Ecosystems are utterly essential to human survival and success, providing everything from clean water and food to homes and well-being. Yet life on Earth faces multiple threats, from infrastructure encroachment, pollution and over-exploitation to climate change.1 These factors are accelerating and expanding in scale, often originating very far from the impacted places. Consequently, it is essential to improve our understanding of how ecosystems are changing in order to build a future where humans and nonhuman life thrive.
3.3

Emerging Topic

Future Food Systems

Suitably managed and directed, a set of ongoing and future science and technology breakthroughs offer an opportunity to sidestep likely problems with food supply, improve food quality and make the production of food more sustainable.
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Emerging Topic

Orbital Environment

Our local region of space offers significant untapped resources: an unrivalled view of Earth, almost unlimited solar power, a high-quality vacuum and microgravity in abundance. For the more ambitious, there is the Moon, Mars and various near-Earth asteroids. Between them, these offer water ice, metals, building materials and real estate.
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Emerging Topic

Ocean Science

Our growing understanding of the ocean offers enormous opportunities, both for the prevention of harm and the enabling of benefits. By better understanding marine ecosystems, we can do a better job of safeguarding them from human impacts like climate change and pollution. We can also develop a sustainable bioeconomy based on marine resources.1
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Emerging Topic

Pathogen Biology

The past century has seen enormous progress against some diseases, with the mortality associated with a few diseases — malaria, for instance — falling dramatically. However, infectious diseases remain a major threat to human health and well-being.

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