The Guardian
- by Killian FoxFor the past decade, the Barcelona-based visual artist Xavi Bou has devoted his work to revealing “the hidden beauty of natural movement”. His initial focus was birds; now he’s moved on to insects. In collaboration with US entomologist Adrian Smith he’s created an eye-popping series that captures – by merging multiple frames into a single image – the rhythmic flutterings of butterflies and chaotic leaps of spittlebugs and treehoppers. As well as their beauty, Bou was struck by the crucial role that insects play in ecosystems, even as their numbers plummet – it’s estimated that the biomass of flying insect […]
- by Sara MurphyRosetta’s Kitchen in North Carolina now dishes up donated animal products to weather steep losses and feed people in need – but not all are happy with the changeOne day in October, a trailer with an unusual delivery pulled up outside Rosetta’s Kitchen, a beloved vegan restaurant in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.The contents: 1,500lbs of donated frozen meat, destined for area residents eating free meals at the restaurant after Hurricane Helene battered the region in late September. Continue reading…
- ‘I didn’t realize the role rice played’: the ingenious crop cultivation of the Gullah Geechee peopleby Adria R WalkerResearchers in North Carolina used underwater sonar to map a system created by enslaved people centuries agoAs a former deputy state underwater archaeologist, Mark Wilde-Ramsing can’t help but look down. While rowing around North Carolina’s Eagles Island, at the tip of the Gullah Geechee corridor, he noticed signs of human-made structures, visible at low tide. Though he’d retired, he was still active in the field and knew his former agency hadn’t recorded the structures – which meant he had come across something previously undocumented. The next step was figuring out exactly what he’d found.Wilde-Ramsing knew the area had once been […]
- by Helena Horton Environment reporterMinisters set out plans for outlawing neonicotinoids but considering application by farmers to use Cruiser SBBee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans to outlaw the use of neonicotinoids.However, the highly toxic neonicotinoid Cruiser SB could be allowed for use next year, as ministers are considering applications from the National Farmers’ Union and British Sugar. Continue reading…
Yale Climate Connections
- by Bob HensonA look back at some deep dives and reflective takes from our regular and special contributors. The post Our favorite Eye on the Storm stories of 2024 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
- by YCC TeamFridges, freezers, and cooling cases at most supermarkets rely on HFCs, which are potent global warming gases. But there’s an alternative. The post How grocery stores can help protect the climate appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
- by YCC TeamThis data could help scientists better understand how quickly oceans will rise. The post NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab is developing robots to gather data beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
- by Michael SvobodaTwo new books explore how artists have captured the human impacts on the environment – including the iconic Vincent van Gogh The post Was Van Gogh an environmentalist ahead of his time? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Climate Generation
- by Susan Phillips, Executive DirectorI sit here, laptop in lap, breathing into the anxiety that this moment of uncertainty and mild terror at what might be coming all balled into one, trying to hold on to every spark of hope from the last few months. Trying to be grounded in reality and lead from a place of imagination, joy, […]
- by Jen Patricia Grey EagleAs we get ready to leave Baku, Azerbaijan for our long journey home and reflect back on our time here, I am filled with mixed emotions about what we experienced. Of course, on one hand, I am frustrated and filled with dread about the fact that our world’s nations don’t seem to act with any […]
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