Global sustainability is like a high-stakes jigsaw puzzle –
and an international group of scientists have created a new framework to
assemble the big picture without losing pieces.
Scientists led by Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Michigan State
University’s Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, have built an integrated
way to study a world that has become more connected – with faster and more
socioeconomic and environmental interactions over distances. They say
“telecoupling” describes how distance is shrinking and connections are
strengthening between nature and humans.