Within this shift, architecture begins to act as a mediator of a much larger field: the technosphere.

The planet's technosphere now weighs some 30 trillion tons -- a mass of more than 50 kilos for every square meter of the Earth's surface, report investigators. Additionally, the numbers of ...

At any given moment, crude oil is being pumped up from the depths of the planet. Some of that sludge gets sent to a refinery and processed into plastic, then it becomes the phone in your hand, the ...

An artificial system is growing on Earth’s surface and it’s entirely our creation. Dubbed the technosphere, the system is made up of all man-made structures — from factories, streets, and landfills to ...

At any given moment, crude oil is being pumped up from the depths of the planet. Some of that sludge gets sent to a refinery and processed into plastic, then it becomes the phone in your hand, the ...

My career in journalism has been varied and wide-ranging. I’m an author, a documentary maker, a reporter, and my work has sparked four commissions of inquiry in Canada. My touchstone in journalism has ...

In the face of a flailing economy and dwindling tourist dollars, Dubai presses on–this time with the Death Star-like Technosphere, a solar-powered biological bubble that will simulate the effects of ...

The Earth that sustains us may be considered in terms of different spheres. There is the lithosphere, made up of the rocky foundations of our planet; the hydrosphere, representing our planet’s water; ...

The planet's technosphere now weighs some 30 trillion tons - a mass of more than 50 kilos for every square metre of the Earth's surface Numbers of technofossil 'species' now outnumber numbers of ...

NEW DELHI: All the things humans have made – from houses and roads to mines and farms, and all the small products that we use – together weigh about 30 trillion tons according to an estimate made by ...