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Coronaviruses: a call for climate justice?
The interdependence of climate justice and the inalienable right to life are increasingly recognized in both legal and moral terms. Air pollution is a contributory factor in between 7-9 million deaths each year according to the World Health Organization. Legal justice has helped to promote recognition of lethal pollution. Last week, litigants managed to list air pollution as a determinant of the death of a 9 year old girl Ella Kissi-Debrah in a landmark coroner's ruling. This bodes well for NGO’s such as ClientEarth being able to litigate against air pollution.
Selina WhiteleyPublished 3 years ago in FuturismEarth : 2021
Here is a quick History 101 to give you some basic nuts and bolts to the blue marble you live on called planet Earth. In the beginning, with much evidence to prove this, there was a great explosion. What caused that explosion, I don't know. The loud bang as the Sun, the milky ways greatest star, exploded into the furnace that heats our planet. It filled the huge hole that had broken in the center. In all that chaos elements were sucked from corners of space into the forms of planets. Iron and gold and silver and helium came scream in gathering like a snowball right into the record grooves they inhabit today caught in the great gravitational force of our Sun. In the process earth grabbed a little molten liquid pool at its center that was just so intense in heat it never cooled like the large amount of planet around it that had cooled into the form we inhabit now and the evidence is an occasional belch of volcanic eruption that forms a little more firmament when it cools. I don't know where the water came from. Sucked out the darkness around us the particles formed into H2O from the Explosive force and even those elements battled with each other during the creation of our world as water fought with land to create the form we have today. You see the clouds. They can't become so light that they float and escape into outer space. They turn a little more like soup but more like stretching silly putty that is pulled around and about until the particles collide together into storm clouds and rain. We can see this effect when a helium balloon rises in the air and then the temperature deteriorates its lightness and it loses its floating capabilities or its power to float is dismissed so it slowly descends back to Earth. When our world was formed this amazing force was pulled into as well, the atmosphere. Cloud particles are water vapor, floating and visible to the naked eye due to the large concentration in one place. If you look close enough on a clear day, you can sometimes see the beginning of cloud form because seemingly imperceptible particles are usually merely overlooked. But if you watch and look hard you can sometimes see it. Most often between clouds or near clouds as the particles gather together from cirrus to stratus to stratocirrus and cumulus and stratocumulus and nimbus into the ultimate cumulonimbus thunder head that is a thunderstorm cloud. The equivalent to a large cacophonous symphony of nature as weather. The vapor form when caught in the right light is much like a rainbow as light refracts through the water particles but it is a little more like Easter pastels if you use color comparison to equate it. It's not easy to see but it is beautiful too. Not usually as prevalent as a rainbow. By the way we recently had one of the thunderous hiccups that we call an earthquake when a tremor rippled through Massachusetts, I think like a month ago, and I can't remember but I believe it was below 2 on the Richter scale used to evaluate the force caused by an earth tremor. I think it was back in the early to mid nineties when I first felt the earth shake here where people said they hadn't heard of one in this area before but then the news reported its recognition of it recently, reconfirming to me that I was right about it. By the way, the milkyway has a large gash like formation in it that is visible, perhaps a reminder of the force that formed our planet and the others in our solar system. There was a calm quiet that dominated after the explosion, the serene silence of space, as the planets fell into line. The molten core that became encased in planet Earth is a huge value to its sustain life. It warms from within like an internal temperature as the sun warms from the outside. And the molten core is much like our own heart in regard to simple technical function. Or at least can be compared to, if even in only a poetic way. We are the third rock from the sun and it has been the perfect distance to keep and hold life on the planet but let the seasons be a reminder of how precious life is. I feel like winter truly pushes us to the brink. A healthy reminder of the value of life and its sometimes fragile balance. The only known planet that has been able to contain, or in other words house and sustain life. Something we mustn't forget. Life is a miracle, each year is a clock and human beings are the biggest worry when comes to the simple delicate balance of life. And even though we are most likely what would destroy Earth we shouldn't take our attention away from outside forces. Elements of outer space and possible collision. These are where our attentions need to be. For wherein we have the power to ruin we so-in have the power to keep safe and protect. That is where our focus needs to be.
James M. PiehlPublished 3 years ago in FuturismWays we as an Individual can Contribute to Fight Climate Change
Climate change is a term used to refer to the different cycles of weather which in turn impacts change on land surfaces, ice sheets on mountains and the ocean, which houses many living organisms. This change occurs over a large period of time and it can even take several decades or more for the change to be realised. Weather is a term used to describe the state of the atmosphere depending on its temperature, humidity, wind or rainfall.
Lynda ArbonPublished 3 years ago in Futurism5 Reasons the Apocalypse Would Suck More Than You Realize
With the way this year has gone, and reflecting on pop culture of the last few years, a ‘let’s burn it all down’ sentiment has been on the rise. Now besides the obvious parts, such as a loss of modern conveniences and not being able to take a day off when the world is on fire, there’s some other reasons why things would, well, suck.
Biotechnology and Its Role in Sustainable Agriculture
What is Biotechnology? Biotechnology is an important feature of life sciences. It is the science-driven industry sector that creates use of living organisms and biology to supply healthcare-related products and therapeutics or to run processes (such as DNA fingerprinting). Biotechnology is best known for its increasingly important role within the fields of drugs and pharmaceuticals, and is additionally applied in other areas like genomics, food production, and therefore the production of biofuels. It uses cellular processes to develop products that help improve the health of the planet and lives of the people living in that planet. Biotechnology comprises of different disciplines, like, biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, science, and technology. In the 21st century, biotechnology continues to create very notable contributions in extending the human lifespan and improving the standard of living through various ways, such as, providing products and therapies to combat diseases, generating higher crop yields, and using biofuels to scale back gas emissions.
William Patrick SlatteryPublished 3 years ago in FuturismPLANTING 1 TRILLION TREES MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE A GOOD IDEA
Tree-planting campaigns have taken off, with everyone from YouTube creators to high-powered CEOs embracing trees as a solution to the climate crisis. But even as the arboreal campaigns have grown, dozens of scientists have warned that planting all those trees could potentially cause more harm than good. Others point to another solution with a more proven track record and that might be more deserving of global support — empowering the people who live in and safeguard forests already.
Lana RidlonPublished 3 years ago in FuturismMysterious Fist-Wedge Factory Olorgesailie
Olorgesaille is the name of an inhospitable area near the Kenyan Ngong Mountains. In 1919, the geologist J.W Gregory made a curious discovery on the approximately four-hectare site: the ground there was littered with thousands and thousands of stone tools made by the early ancestors of Homo Sapiens, Homo Erectus. How did they get there, and why were there so many?
René JungePublished 3 years ago in FuturismGreen Hydrogen – Silver Bullet for Energy Sustainability Hurdle?
Environmental and Sustainability issues such as ecosystem degradation, global climate change, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, and the spread of pollutants play a major role in shaping our future. Contemporary governments, policy-makers, and societies have been putting elevated efforts to tackle and combat these challenges. Potential solutions to these problems span around reducing harmful pollutant emissions. Many stated concerns are frequently intertwined with the production, transformation, and use of energy.
Risalat Consultants International LLCPublished 3 years ago in FuturismHeat resistant corals in the middle east
Worldwide, coral reefs are in Jeopardy. With rising sea temperatures, which is a direct consequence of climate change, we're now witnessing mass bleaching events.
Bradley KnightPublished 4 years ago in FuturismLittle known things you can do to help save the world
The repercussions of Global Warming can seem terrifying as wildfires blaze burning, and sea levels rise, destroying countless homes and ecosystems. As nature continues to take its course, there are small steps we can take to help reverse the effects of climate change. The most crucial step is spreading knowledge about how to help our home, Mother Earth.
If I was going to save the world ?
If I was going to save the world... First, I would have to convince you it needed to be saved. Currently, according to statistics, less than 21% of the people on planet earth are even aware the earth is in dire straights of needing a savior. Or so the news would have us believe... My statistics teacher in college taught me that 77% of all statistics were made up. Kind of wild if you really contemplate it.
Sustainable ScottPublished 4 years ago in FuturismPOST SCRIPTUM
This visual creation is a reflection of the unthinkable turns of events that occurred in our world in the last months. And the feeling of emptiness that followed. It is also a message to respect and the urge to protect our Mother Earth.