Thursday, April 30, 2020
Are we witnessing the death of the car?
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Hermann Hirsch – Stony Dipper.
Jens Cullmann – Danger in the Mud.
Mohammad Murad – Glowing Fox.
Peter Lindel/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
the Year 2020.
'Half-Tarzan, half-Byron' – the extraordinary photography of Peter Beard
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
HAUSER: 'Alone, Together' from Arena Pula
Track list:
00:10 Benedictus (Karl Jenkins)
08:06 Air on the G String (J. S. Bach)
12:55 Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni)
16:21 Caruso (Lucio Dalla)
21:51 Nessun Dorma (G. Puccini)
Monday, April 27, 2020
Only one species is responsible for coronavirus – humans
Professors Josef Settele, Sandra DÃaz and Eduardo Brondizio led the most comprehensive planetary health check ever undertaken, which was published in 2019 by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
It concluded that human society was in jeopardy from the accelerating decline of the Earth’s natural life-support systems. In an article published on Monday, with Dr Peter Daszak, who is preparing the next IPBES assessment, they write: “Rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, intensive farming, mining and infrastructure development, as well as the exploitation of wild species have created a ‘perfect storm’ for the spillover of diseases.” These activities cause pandemics by bringing more people into contact and conflict with animals, from which 70% of emerging human diseases originate, they said. Combined with urbanisation and the explosive growth of global air travel, this enabled a harmless virus in Asian bats to bring “untold human suffering and halt economies and societies around the world. This is the human hand in pandemic emergence.
Yet [Covid-19] may be only the beginning.”
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It concluded that human society was in jeopardy from the accelerating decline of the Earth’s natural life-support systems. In an article published on Monday, with Dr Peter Daszak, who is preparing the next IPBES assessment, they write: “Rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, intensive farming, mining and infrastructure development, as well as the exploitation of wild species have created a ‘perfect storm’ for the spillover of diseases.” These activities cause pandemics by bringing more people into contact and conflict with animals, from which 70% of emerging human diseases originate, they said. Combined with urbanisation and the explosive growth of global air travel, this enabled a harmless virus in Asian bats to bring “untold human suffering and halt economies and societies around the world. This is the human hand in pandemic emergence.
Yet [Covid-19] may be only the beginning.”
Read more
Meet Barry, A Gloster Canary With A Fabulous Bowl Cut
“Back Into Your Mind” by Clare Lyons
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