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The world, explained by Tom Cernev.

Tom Cernev Tom is an engineer in Adelaide, Australia, with Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Theoretical Physics from the University of Adelaide, and a Masters in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge.

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The Moon seen from the International Space Station by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on 30 May 2021 (ESA/NASA)

Outer space

A Sustainable Development Goal for space

13 September 2024

Tom Cernev

The top soil covering the surface of the Moon could be used to protect lunar bases and their occupants from radiation (Michael/Unsplash)

Outer space

Resources in the next frontier: Australia’s role in the race to space

23 October 2023

Tom Cernev

Outer space

Space, sustainability and security: the intersection of domains

18 August 2022

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The Sydney Harbour Bridge transforms upside down in artist Lucy Humphrey’s “Horizon” (James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

Australia

A minute to midnight: reversing environmental tipping points

28 June 2022

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The world, explained by Tom Cernev.

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