Essays & Blog Posts

An old photo of Eduard Brückner Prize 2021 winning man with glasses and a beard.

The 2021 Eduard Brückner Prize

Mike Hulme |
The Eduard Brückner Prize has been established for outstanding interdisciplinary achievements in climate research. The award is named after the outstanding geographer Eduard Brückner (1862-1927), who, in addition to researching the ice age climate in the Alps and the...
People are silhouetted in the shadow of a coronavirus, raising questions of moral accountability.

First, Do No Harm

Mike Hulme |
An Open Letter from health professionals and scientists to the Prime Minister, coordinated by the UK parents’ advocacy group ‘Us for Them: The Parent Voice’. “We the undersigned British health professionals and scientists, wish to express our serious concern...
An illustration of a person with Long-COVID.

Long-COVID vs Collateral-COVID

Mike Hulme |
The science journal Nature ran an editorial on 8 October under the title, “Let patients help define long-lasting COVID symptoms”. In my short response to this editorial, I argue that public policy which considers only COVID mortality and COVID-morbidity...