One of the most profound insights emerging over the last few decades is the insight that humans live on a planet where humanity is no longer a minor player in a vast planet with vast oceans, a vast atmosphere, and vast forests. Instead, we’ve begun to understand that humanity is a significant agent in transforming that planet's basic nature and changing its atmosphere, ocean, and biosphere.
I am a Professor of Ecosystem Science at the University of Oxford, and I study the living world, how it works and how it changes. I am the Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery.