The documentary Virunga by Orlando von Einsiedel tells the story of a group of people who risk their lives every day in order to build a better future in an area of the African continent often forgotten, and to save one of the world’s most important natural habitats. A movie that shows the hard reality within
The American photographer Rachel Sussman, 39 years old, has gone around the world to take pictures of the oldest living creatures of the world that are more than two thousand years old. She saw a seagrass of 100 thousand years, a tree (a spruce) of 9,550 years in Sweden and a 5,500-year-old antarctic moss. The
A hidden camera shot a picture of a wolf crossing a wooded area. Nothing particular, except the fact that the camera was located near the city of Doksy, Czech Republic, and that it’s the first time that in such areas a wolf is spotted in 100 years. According to Radio Prague, over the last
Scientists say it over and over again. In order to combat climate change and keep the average temperature increase below 2°C, CO2 emissions have to significantly be reduced. We have to do it right now, because the more we wait the more drastic and expensive the emissions reduction will be, therefore difficult to be realised.
The Smithsonian magazine published the top 60 pictures of the eleventh Annual Photo Contest selected by its photo editors from over 50,000 entries submitted by photographers in 132 different countries. There are ten photos for each category: Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images and Mobile. The latter is a new category. Until 6th May readers can
Global GMO cultivation. The majority of genetically modified species cultivated on a global level are soy, maize, cotton and rapeseed. They account for 176 million hectares globally, according Manuela Giovannetti, professor at the Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-environment Sciences of the University of Pisa. These species are used for manufacturing and for the production
Who doesn’t remember the disaster film by Roland Emmerich, The day after tomorrow (2004), in which New York is submerged by water and ice because of crazy weather? The fantastic images of the big screen may be replaced in a few decades by real pictures. Actually, according to a joint study of the University of Innsbruck
It is called Global Forest Watch and, to date, it seems to be the most effective and the fastest tool to monitor the conservation status of forests all over the world, and to contribute to prevent illegal logging. It is a well-known datum that every minute a forest area of the dimensions of 50 soccer fields
How much has temperature in your region raised? Did global warming modify the climate of your country? The answer is just a click away. You only need to download CRUTEM4 for Google Earth, released by the research unit (UEA CRU) of the University of East Anglia. It contains temperature data collected by 6,000 weather stations
The number of monarch butterflies that have migrated from the United States to the forest covered peaks of the Sierra Madre in Mexico has continued to decline this year. In December 2013 only 35 million individuals of the most popular butterfly in the whole of North America migrated, coming to inhabit 6,700 square metres of
