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Article on : Science and future

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Scientific evidence for dangerous, long-term and potentially irreversible changes in the Earth's life support system is manifold. These changes threaten our sustainability and could bring forth a new global reality for people, nations, economies and our environment.

Science has sounded the alarm - notably through observations, modelling and predictions of unprecedented quality - and shown that the future wellbeing of humankind is at risk. We now need science to help identify whole system solutions - ones that look at the big picture and not just the parts - and for scientists to take a more pro-active role in informing the policy debate on these solutions.

Time is running out for us to meet the urgent challenge of global sustainability. We need to find solutions which de-couple our development from ever-increasing demands for non-renewable resources, forge a new era of equitable and sustainable balance between people and planet earth, and fully recognise that the Earth is a complex and interconnected system.

The transformation to sustainable development, which is likely to be equal in scale to the agrarian-industrial transition of the 18th and 19th centuries, will entail tough trade-offs. A dash to quick fix solutions to one problem without examining the impact of these decisions is a recipe for disaster. For example, just a few years ago, rising fuel prices sent policymakers searching for solutions. First generation biofuels were an easy fix and the subsidies rolled in. But this in turn fuelled rising global food prices, hitting some of the world's poorest people hardest.

To address these trade-offs explicitly, we need integrated knowledge from natural, social and engineering sciences to inspire innovative, holistic solutions, as well as new ways of measuring wealth, growth and wellbeing.

To better inform decisions, we urgently need more scientists to take an active role in public debate. The hallmark of science is objectivity, and this principle must always be our foundation. But now that global environmental change is threatening the Earth's carrying capacity, more scientists must take on a new role involving engagement with end-users of science. Scientists need to collaborate directly with people and business to ensure shared understanding of the new realities shaping our world, and help translate knowledge into action for sustainable development.

This will require nothing short of a new paradigm in the way that science engages with society.

This new, collaborative approach to research is already making an impact. In Kenya, the first ever community-based mangrove carbon credit project to win international accreditation has shown that the carbon storage potential of these forests can create wealth for local people. Elsewhere in Kenya, innovation for end-users has provided livestock insurance to farmers through satellite monitoring of rainfall in drought-prone rural areas. In Nicaragua, researchers are exploring how to implement "just ecosystem services" by involving locals in deciding who has access to forest services and who benefits.

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Science . Well Science holds the key to our future.It is the most powerful tool that we have .Everything our society is today is due to scientific advancement. Without it, we'd still be sitting in guttering candlelight in drafty houses ravaged by disease with an average life expectancy of 45.Science has made our lives comfortable -less diseases, more medicines ,less manual work ,more useful results and many more.
Communication , transportation, health , entertainment ---we don't see a Future without science in any of these fields.So the days are not far when humans will become completely dependent on machine , and for those days we need to improve our knowledge of science so as to make our future bigger abd better than before



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Science is the knowledge  about the earth, surroundings and environment and the living beings involved. Science offers new information and revelations of many things we do not know. day by day, science is progressing. Now science has helped man reach the moon, which was once unknown to man as a satellite. Every invention in technology or medical techniques is based on scince and scientific research. This has helped in progress related to detection of disesses and treatment also. Hence science will certainly lead to a better future for mankind.