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Psychogeography describes the effect of a geographical location on the emotions and behaviour of individuals Photo: Constant (Constant A. Nieuwenhuys) Tate London 25 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Tate Museum How do different places make us feel and behave? The term psychogeography was invented by the Marxist theorist Guy Debord in…
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Many may be trapped in mud that cascaded down on the city this week during the most intense storm in decades. Photo: Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing dozens [File: Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo] 18 February 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media ‘Like…
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Studies indicate regrowth can be achieved in 10 to 20 years. Unfortunately, leaders at the recent COP26 leaders have only pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. Photo: A 32-year-old forest on former pastureland in northeastern Costa Rica. Robin Chazdon, CC BY-ND 09 December 2021 | Various Authors | The Conversation Tropical forests are among the world’s best tools…
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The host is uttering his usual Twain-like witticisms but the rest of us are meant to suffer if COP26 does not succeed. Photo: Sand artwork adorns New Brighton Beach in the UK in May 2021.Christopher Furlong/Getty 01 November 2021 | Richard Hodgkins | The Conversation COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, is the latest…
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Considered the world’s best cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon has been grown and produced in Sri Lanka for generations. But experienced peelers are now rare. Photo: A worker stuffs cinnamon barks with small cuttings of the bark called quillings to make one 42-inch cinnamon quill [Nathan Mahendra/Al Jazeera] 18 October 2021 | Zinara Rathnayake | Al Jazeera…
No stone unturned for nature. ‘Sponsorship is expected to help defray a policing bill estimated to reach up to £250m.’ Photo: Private jets will be bringing some delegates to the climate conference. – Copyright Getty/Jupiterimages 20 October 2021 | Lottie Limb | Euronews The private airport that Extinction Rebellion protesters blocked last week is on the official COP26 list…
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German chemists have identified over 7,700 different chemical formulas in beers Photo: Natasha Breen/Getty Images 18 August 2021 | JENNIFER OUELLETTE | Arstechnica People have been brewing beer for millennia, and the basic chemistry of fermentation is well understood. But thanks to advanced analytical techniques, scientists continue to learn more about the many different chemical…
Photo: Screenshot 18 September 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media ABOUT THE AWARDS The Ocean Photography Awards™ are a celebration of our beautiful blue planet, as well as a platform to highlight the many plights it is facing. Please click on artist name for full versions AIMEEJAN / OCEAN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR Aimee…
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Colombian agronomist Juan Guillermo Jaramillo’s Checklist of Colombian Butterflies identifies 3,642 different species in the Andean country. Photo: Pictures of the Adelpha corcyra and Adelpha alala butterflies pictures in Colombia’s Antioquia department. 03 September 2021 | Hector Velasco | phys.org Like the more than 3,000 species of butterflies in Colombia, agronomist Juan Guillermo Jaramillo underwent…
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The actor described the project as “about as hard as film work can be”. 31 August 2021 | David Craig | RadioTimes.com Colin Farrell has opened up about his “life-changing” experience shooting BBC Two drama The North Water, which is thought to have been filmed further north than any television drama before it. Based on the…
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Photo: Morandi’s home on the island of Budelli, where he has been the sole inhabitant for 30 years. PHOTO COURTESY MAURO MORANDI Mauro Morandi had been the sole resident of Budelli, Italy, for decades. ‘I became so used to the silence. Now it’s continuous noise.’ 03 August 2021 | Angela Giuffrida | The Guardian Every morning,…
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PHOTOGRAPH BY PETE ABEL / ALAMY There had been no warning at all: no storm, no thunder. Bailey, an experienced mountaineer, later described it as “a bolt from the blue”. 28 July 2021 | DOMINIC BLISS | National Geographic “THERE was this almighty bang, like being in a bomb blast. We were both thrown into the…
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