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...sustainability is about taking and giving back in a manner that lets the system continue, so that it can, among other things, keep sustaining you. The problem is not entitlement as such, but a perceived human entitlement of everything, always. That is the part that is not compatible with the reality of nature, and the same natural laws apply across the universe. I worry...

...sustained by them. [Two photographs of hydrothermal vents]Figure 1 Two sorts of hydrothermal vent on Earth: (a) a black smoker, and (b) a white smoker.Show descriptionTwo photographs. Figure A shows thin columns of rock growing upwards from the sea floor. These are coloured yellow, white and black. Black smoke is being emitted from the columns. Figure B shows the sea...

...sustainable plantations for economic markets? In this album, scientists from the UK and Malaysia explore how fungi form constructive and cooperative partnerships with other plants and trees, and how such symbiosis can be used for economic and environmental benefit. In the audio track, Professor David Robinson of The Open University delves deeper into the techniques...