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"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
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Plastics: We can't live with them; we can't live without them.
This post will try to dig a little deeper into the role plastic plays in our society, its advantages and disadvantages.
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Mar 14, 202420 min read
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Food: On the impact on the environment and biodiversity
Sustainability is humanity’s North Star.
—Hannah Ritchie (2024)
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Feb 29, 20249 min read
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Progress in Health: First Chikungunya Vaccine
Aedes albopictus—or tiger mosquito—can transmit Chikungunya and Dengue
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Nov 10, 20233 min read
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Future (III): Our dreams will finally come home to stay
Out of the unrelenting application of reason, and the acceptance of what we truly are, our dreams will finally come home to stay
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Nov 3, 202312 min read
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Future (II) and Sustainable Development Goals
U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals ask countries, regardless of their wealth, to promote people's prosperity while protecting the planet
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Oct 27, 20236 min read
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Future (I): Respond well to changes
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one that responds best to change (Charles Darwin)
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Oct 20, 20237 min read
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Biodiversity loss (VII), Anthropocene or Eremocene
We humans are predators. We target more than a third of the vertebrate species.
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Jul 7, 20238 min read
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Biodiversity loss (V). We are devouring the planet.
Biodiversity loss (V). We are devouring the planet...
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Jun 16, 202312 min read
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Climate Emergency (X): Future
Emergencia climática (X): Futuro David Attenborough According to David Attenborough, this may be the future of a person born today (1):...
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Apr 28, 202315 min read
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Climate Emergency (IX): IPCC & 2023 AR 6 Synthesis Report Highlights
Emergencia climática (IX): IPCC y Aspectos destacados del Informe de sÃntesis AR 6 de 2023 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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Apr 21, 202312 min read
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Climate Emergency (VIII): World Energy Outlook 2022 Report Highlights
Emergencia climática (VIII): Aspectos destacados del informe World Energy Outlook 2022 The International Energy Agency (IEA) published...
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Apr 14, 202311 min read
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Climate Emergency (VII): Health Impacts & more
Emergencia climática (VII): Impactos en la salud y más Despite all the evidence, statements, and commitments on paper, drilling projects...
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Mar 31, 202311 min read
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Climate Emergency (VI): Ice disappears and sea level rises
Emergencia climática (VI): El hielo desaparece y el nivel del mar aumenta The New York Times developed an animation showing the extent of...
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Mar 24, 202311 min read
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Climate Emergency (V): Tipping points
Emergencia climática (V): Puntos de inflexión Edward Hawkins, a climatologist at the University of Reading, has developed an interactive...
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Mar 17, 20239 min read
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Climate emergency (IV): Steel Bones & Concrete Muscles
Emergencia climática (IV): Huesos de acero y músculos de hormigón In 2021 the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued a report...
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Mar 9, 20238 min read
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Climate Emergency (III): CO2 Emissions per Citizen and Country
Emergencia climática (III): emisiones de CO2 por ciudadano y paÃs As could be expected, CO2 emissions are not related only to the...
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Mar 3, 20238 min read
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Climate Emergency (II): Temperature rising
Emergencia climática (II): Sube la temperatura There have been times in the distant past when temperatures were higher than those...
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Feb 24, 20235 min read
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Climate Emergency: Why? - Emergencia climática: ¿Por qué?
Seventy thousand years ago Homo sapiens was still an insignificant animal minding its own business in a corner of Africa. In the...
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Feb 17, 202312 min read
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The Big Life / La gran vida
The Cambrian explosion of life-forms led to the colonization of the land’s surface around 475 to 400 million years ago.
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Jun 21, 20228 min read
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