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...Longest Minefield.

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Changing the Climate in School

"That’s because the gap between our climate emergency and the attention paid to climate change in the school curriculum is immense. Individual teachers around the country are doing outstanding work, but the educational establishment is not. Look at our textbooks. The widely used Pearson/Prentice Hall text, Physical Science: Concepts in Action, waits until page 782 to tell high school students about climate change, but then only in four oh-by-the-way paragraphs. A photo of a bustling city includes the caption: “Carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles, power plants, and other sources may contribute to global warming.” Or they may not, the book seems to suggest."

Changing the Climate in School

Changing the Climate in School By Bill McKibben and Bill Bigelow Maybe you’ve heard. We are facing a climate crisis that threatens life on our...

David Attenborough on the scourge of the oceans: 'I remember being told plastic doesn't decay, it's wonderful'

David Attenborough on the scourge of the oceans: 'I remember being told plastic doesn't decay, it's wonderful'

David Attenborough on the scourge of the oceans: 'I remember being told ... Fiona Harvey His sequel to The Blue Planet will focus not only on the marvels of sea life but also the threats to it. The nat...

The World's Longest Minefield

A fortified sand barrier dividing the contested territory of Western Sahara is the longest minefield in the world

The World's Longest Minefield

The World's Longest Minefield A fortified sand wall lined with millions of landmines divides the contested territory of Western sahara.

In a Puerto Rican Village: ‘The Wind Came and Took Everything’

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000005462811/puerto-rican-village-hurricane.html?emc=edit_th_20170928&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=56333982

This Spiraling Treetop Walkway In Denmark Puts Every Other Tree Walkway To Shame

This Spiraling Treetop Walkway In Denmark Puts Every Other Tree Walkway To Shame

This Spiraling Treetop Walkway In Denmark Puts Every Other Tree Walkway ... Architecture studio EFFEKT has designed a walkway to take hikers and Instagrammers to new heights above a forest...

The Shape of Africa, by Jared Diamond

"Ironically, the long human presence in Africa is probably the reason the continent's species of big animals survive today. African animals co-evolved with humans for millions of years, as human hunting prowess gradually progressed from the rudimentary skills of our early ancestors. That gave the animals time to learn a healthy fear of man, and with it a healthy avoidance of human hunters. In contrast, North and South America and Australia were settled by humans only within the last tens of thousands of years. To the misfortune of the big animals of those continents, the first humans they encountered were already fully modern people, with modern brains and hunting skills. Most of those animals—woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and in Australia marsupials as big as rhinoceroses—disappeared soon after humans arrived. Entire species may have been exterminated before they had time to learn to beware of hunters." 

September Geographica @ National Geographic Magazine

September Geographica @ National Geographic Magazine