#Fire is unique to #Earth. As far as we know no other planet has fire. Here is a nice summary of the geological history of fire including its relation to the evolution of #pines and #grasses
Another exciting #GameStudies book around the corner!
"#Ecogames" brings together chapters by a diverse group of authors to explore the shape, impact, and cultural context of ecocritical engagement in and through #VideoGames. 🌱🌎🎮
"Our results show that forcing by warm ocean water can cause the rapid onset of dynamic imbalance and increased ice discharge from glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula, highlighting the region’s sensitivity to future climate variability."
Blue Marble going downhill courtesy of 'homo sapiens'
Hakuto-R sees solar eclipse from Moon The Japanese ispace Hakuto-R lunar lander captured this image of a total solar eclipse from lunar orbit on April 20, 2023.Image: ispace
Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us
Our planet is constantly monitored by hundreds of space-borne instruments. This book describes the technology of those instruments and the sciences that provide useful information from them. It also discusses the political implications of space-borne monitoring.
🧵 1/ Perhaps you know this feeling: unpleasant current events come thick and fast, #doom & #gloom & #ecogrief can almost paralyse us. What's really good then: immersing yourself in #deepTime, shifting perspectives. What was it like on this #planet between the ice ages and the greenhouses? Why was the #earth never empty even when it looked desolate? And how does #evolution work?
One of Ten Billion Earths
How We Learn About Our Planet's Past and Future From Distant Exoplanets
Illustrated with breathtaking images of the Solar System and of the Universe around it, this book explores how the discoveries within the Solar System and of exoplanets far beyond it come together to help us understand the habitability of Earth, and how these findings guide the search for exoplanets that could support life.
#Today, I am celebrating my 4 years without flying ✈️.
The #Earth’s #climate is perturbed by #human activites. One of the easiest things to do towards #sustainability is to cut air travels. Thus, 4 years ago, I cut my frequent flyer cards and decided to #StayGrounded, using only low-#carbon travel means such as #train.
Green Inferno
The World Celebrates Your Demise
Earth is singing our requiem. You just haven't been listening. Corruption, injustice, rage and contagion have carved the remaining shreds of mankind's naïveté into cruel focus. Lurking on the periphery of our collective vision is a stark realization: our planet's tolerance for the human pest has reached a burning point. Earth is at the end of its rope. The world celebrates your demise. Turbulent times call for new voices. #books#Earth@bookstodon
#BilboToday This expression of a beagle that you "forced" to go out in the pouring #rain! World-weariness, incomprehension, silent accusation, and yet behind it all, unconditional love.
I'd like to train myself with it. And throw that gaze intensively at everyone who destroys this #earth, wastes #chances for a livable #future, or divides instead of unites. Our #world needs a hell of a lot of these glances! And for the stubborn humans we all had a big 💩 ? 😈 #LearningFromBeagles#news#humanity
Little is known about biotropic effects of the Earth's fluid degassing, geomagnetic activity, natural background radiation, fluid migration and gas emission within fault zones, mild seismicity, cyclicity of tectonic and climatic processes, etc. This book is the first attempt to synthesise the interdisciplinary knowledge on all geogenic factors influencing humans, society, and civilisation.
Joy takes Root is a mesmerizing picture book sharing the love of family, gardening and the respect of Nature, Earth and Ancestors. In her grandmother's garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature.
A look underneath seafloor hydrothermal vents on 🌎has revealed cave systems teeming w/ worms, snails & chemosynthetic bacteria living in 75F-degree water.
Methinks this may have significance for the origin of life on Earth & maybe Enceladus!
Is it possible to drill a hole straight through a planet? Could we bore a hole through the centre of Earth? What would it be like to fling yourself through it? The Dead Planets Society podcast digs deep into the potential hazards https://archive.is/7cY14
Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world: With a summer of extreme weather records dominating the news, meteorologists and scientists say records like these give a glimpse of the big picture: a warming planet caused by climate change. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-sick-scientists-story-world.html