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n 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it’s too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Philippine Tarsier
A very beatiful animal: Philippine Tarsier
Look at this beatiful animal!! It is called Philippine Tarsier and the scientific name is Tarsius syrichta.It’s a mammal, it belongs to primates and it’s the smallest monkey. Its height is 15 cm. It perfectly fits in a human’s hand. The most amazing thing about this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )and the red wolf is gone
and the red wolf is gone
Originally uploaded by satel444
Well he cursed all the roads and the oil men
And he cursed the automobile
Said this is no place for an hombre like I am
In this new world of asphalt and steel
Then he’d look [...]
Climate change and fires
just a tree
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The catastrophic fires in California indicate that a storm is coming. This metaphoric storm means more frequent events like these, fires, hurricanes, drought. The climate change models have predicted such phenomena. Many experts talk about it for many long time but nobody listens. According to Nasa the average temperature has [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Eutrophication and pollution
water pollutionOriginally uploaded by satel444
Eutrophication is the result of nutrient pollution. When a certain land, or lake, or sea receives excessive amounts of nutriens(mostly phosphorus or nitrogen) the result is eutrophication. Aquatic environments polluted with fertilizers is an example. Increased chemical nutrients means productivity. However this productivity is very dangerous for the ecosystem’s “health”. The [...]
