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Ville Lähde

Researcher, Science Journalist and Nonfiction Writer, Finland

Ville Lähde, PhD, is a researcher, science journalist and nonfiction writer from Finland. He works as a researcher in an independent multidisciplinary BIOS research unit.

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Written by Ville Lähde

A vast open-pit coal mine with excavation machinery surrounded by green hills.

essayEnvironmental history

Are you Confusedocene?

As a scientific concept the Anthropocene is dead. But it’s such a helpful idea to think with, should we use it anyway?

Ville Lähde

Image of an offshore wind turbine in the sea with a large LNG ship in the background under a partly cloudy sky in calm waters.

essayThe environment

Decoupling

We need to find a way for human societies to prosper while the planet heals. So far we can’t even think clearly about it

Ville Lähde

Massive explosion with bright orange and yellow flames in the sky, seen from a distance on a country road with trees and fields nearby.

essayGlobal history

The polycrisis

Is this the word we need to describe unprecedented convergences between ecological, political and economic strife?

Ville Lähde