The Pale Blue Dot
Introducing Dot Earth, New York Times science correspondent Andy Revkin's new blog. Probably no other reporter in the world today has more experience reporting on the environment and, in particular, climate change, than Revkin does. He is an extremely well-versed and level-headed guide to the challenges we face.
Revkin took the name of his blog from Carl Sagan, who described the Earth as "a pale blue dot" in the cosmos. The tag line is: Nine billion people. One planet. Which, if you ask me, is a pretty neat summation of the ride we're all on. Of course, we're not at 9 billion yet. More like 6.5. But we're headed there fast, with demographers expecting us to reach the mark by mid-century.
Hang on tight everybody.
Revkin took the name of his blog from Carl Sagan, who described the Earth as "a pale blue dot" in the cosmos. The tag line is: Nine billion people. One planet. Which, if you ask me, is a pretty neat summation of the ride we're all on. Of course, we're not at 9 billion yet. More like 6.5. But we're headed there fast, with demographers expecting us to reach the mark by mid-century.
Hang on tight everybody.
3 Comments:
Reminds me of the pale blue dot as seen from Saturn -- from the spacecraft Cassini's vantage point.
Cool link Adrian.
Maybe we're just one point in a connect-the-dots puzzle.
In any case, it's a long way between dots.
how many pale blue dots have come and gone before?
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