Witness to Deforestation

Spectre comes from the early 17th century Latin word for spectrum, which further traces to specere, or, to look. The etymology denotes definitions from “colours, an extreme between two points” to “a ghostly, yet ever-present vision.” Now, the word appears in the title of Richard Mosse’s (b. 1980) urgent new film, Broken Spectre, which depicts the destruction and devastation of the Amazon – an area which spans 6.7 million km2 … Continue reading Witness to Deforestation

As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville

BY CARLOS MUREITHI Leaders from countries with the largest tropical forest basins are meeting in the Republic of Congo Thursday to work together to protect the forests from deforestation and destruction. Delegates from Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Congo and dozens of other countries at the Three Basins Summit in Brazzaville are hoping to form a coalition of leaders from the basins of the Amazon, the Congo … Continue reading As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville

‘Nature is being destroyed’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy

Indigenous people and experts say Moscow’s military push and increased shipping and mining will destroy Arctic environment About this content | John Last The Barents Sea port of Severomorsk is the base of the Russian navy’s Northern Fleet and, since 2014 – when Russia first invaded eastern Ukraine – it has become the main administrative hub for all of Russia’s Arctic military activities. As the war in … Continue reading ‘Nature is being destroyed’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy

Atomic bomb mastermind Oppenheimer became ‘destroyer of worlds’ in detonation moment

Oppenheimer – whose life has now been turned into a Hollywood movie starring Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr – later claimed that, in the moments after the detonation, he recited a line from Hindu scripture in his mind: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” By Matt Roper, Features Writer Waiting in the control bunker in the early hours of … Continue reading Atomic bomb mastermind Oppenheimer became ‘destroyer of worlds’ in detonation moment

Orgullo y destrucción

No se puede combatir destrucción con más destrucción. El único poder verdadero reside en el UNIVERSO que decidirá cuando destruirnos. Hasta ahora, nos ha brindado la posibilidad de reaccionar y evolucionar para evitar, precisamente, estos finales catastróficos anticipados que experimenta el mundo entero. You can’t fight destruction with more destruction. The only true power resides in the UNIVERSE that will decide when to destroy us. … Continue reading Orgullo y destrucción

En 2022 se registró el mayor número de víctimas por conflicto armado en lo que va de siglo

Londres (EFE).- Las muertes por conflictos se situaron el año pasado en los niveles más altos del siglo, principalmente a causa de las guerras en Ucrania y Etiopía, según revela este miércoles un informe anual publicado por el laboratorio de ideas Instituto de Economía y Paz (IEP).  El Índice de Paz Global es un proyecto que mide el grado de convulsión en el mundo con … Continue reading En 2022 se registró el mayor número de víctimas por conflicto armado en lo que va de siglo

Sudan Darfur crisis: ‘Everything civilians can use has been burned or destroyed’

By Barbara Plett-Usher in Nairobi | and the BBC Verify team in London Entire villages in Sudan’s West Darfur region have been burned to the ground by marauding militias, with aid agencies now warning the region is on the brink of a “humanitarian catastrophe”. Widespread looting and the destruction of vital infrastructure has left many with little to no access to food, clean water, and … Continue reading Sudan Darfur crisis: ‘Everything civilians can use has been burned or destroyed’

Look at the Tipping Point of the Earth

As the powers of destruction fight over a piece of land to generate more destruction, the planet is reaching, if not already reached, its “point of no return”. Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all. As the frozen ground warms much faster than expected, it’s reshaping the landscape—and releasing carbon gases that fuel global warming. BYCRAIG WELCH | PHOTOGRAPHS BYKATIE ORLINSKY Sergey Zimov, … Continue reading Look at the Tipping Point of the Earth