DISTRIKT : Environmental Concerns

No gift for Christmas island. Watch now: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TvkbxiDRdls

In the past 20 years, the author notes that the Amazon has lost 763,000 sq km, an area the size of two Germanys. In addition another 1.2m sq km has been estimated as degraded by cutting below the canopy and fire.

Sharks play a vital role in the oceans in a way that the average fish does not. Most sharks serve as top predators at the pinnacle of the marine food pyramid, and so play a critical role in ocean ecosystems. Directly or indirectly they regulate the natural balance of these ecosystems, at all levels, and so are an integral part of them. As they usually hunt old, weak or sick prey, they help to keep the prey population in good condition, healthy and strong, enabling these more naturally fit animals to reproduce and pass on their genes. The effects of removing sharks from ocean ecosystems, although complex and rather unpredictable, are very likely to be ecologically and economically damaging – See more at: http://www.supportoursharks.com/

There is the seventh continent that is a third of the size of the United States but completely uninhabited. And for good reason, since it consists of an accumulation of plastic waste in the oceans… #pollution #plastic #trashvortex Don’t you think it is time to realize what we are doing?

The food discarded by retailers and consumers in the most developed countries would be more than enough to feed all of the world’s 870 million hungry people, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Food waste is not only a social cost, but it contributes to growing environmental problems like climate change, experts say, with the production of food consuming vast quantities of water, fertilizer and land. The fuel that is burned to process, refrigerate and transport it also adds to the environmental cost.

You should still find it online…

See why here: http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/scientists-raise-concerns-regarding-nicaragua-canal-project

You think you are the center of the universe? You better check this out 🙂 Https://scontent-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xpf1/v/t42.1790-2/10996297_1058680084147013_1388482646_n.mp4?rl=300&vabr=150&oh=d1ce2285dd694e86d29221eb71295797&oe=550341CE

A section of Lake Oroville is seen nearly dry on August 19, 2014 in Oroville, California. As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the State’s lakes and reservoirs is reaching historic lows. Lake Oroville is currently at 32 percent of its total 3,537,577 acre feet. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/california-only-has-about-year-of-water-left-2015-3

Talk about a St. Patrick’s Day light show! Incredible #timelapse here: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/18/travel/fear-solar-storm-2015/index.html#. Do you see it from where you are? 🙂

If true, this is vindication for those who think global warming is likely to trigger so-called “tipping points” in the climate system, which, once set into motion, cannot be stopped. http://mashable.com/2015/03/24/gulf-stream-slowdown-study-tipping-point/

This is awesome. A true lesson for us all. http://mashable.com/2015/03/31/blind-man-armless-friend-environmentalists/

http://mashable.com/2015/04/03/wonderworld-photos-of-earth/

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/amazon_corridor_loc/?slideshow #avaaz #saveamazonia #savetheworld

Pollution in China: 20 shocking photos.