Planet Earth is changing and fast. For the first time ever in human history, -thanks to the network of satellites- millions of people can see the changes, from month to month and in many cases from day to day or almost in real time.
There are many visible and invisible changes, changes in the Global Economy which show up only after a while in the statistics. Political and social changes, social innovation and changes in human behavior, the effects of technological innovations, new materials and new trends. Political changes, regional and international conflicts and human rights issues. Important events and news can be followed instantly via cell phones and TV camera’s . On this site we collect resources and information about the visible and invisible changes, shifts and transformations on this beautiful planet.
Is het culturele klimaat in Nederland aan het veranderen onder de invloed van de conservatieve, religieus reactionaire en fundamentalistische krachten? Wij (and the rest of the world) letten op!
LOSS OF POLAR BEARS BY 2050 - Download Full Report (PDF) The U.S. Geological Survey reported last week that two-thirds of the world's polar bears could vanish by 2050 if melting sea ice predictions prove accurate. Worse, sea ice in the Arctic might be disappearing faster than the computer models predict due to global warming, making the polar bear more imperiled. It is clear global warming threatens polar bears with extinction and they need to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Click here to add your voice in support of protecting polar bears and their critical habitat. Click Here for the NY Times story on the report.
Ice-free Arctic could be here in 23 years The Arctic ice cap has collapsed at an unprecedented rate this summer and levels of sea ice in the region now stand at a record low, scientists said last night. Experts said they were "stunned" by the loss of ice, with an area almost twice as big as Britain disappearing in the last week alone. So much ice has melted this summer that the north-west passage across the top of Canada is fully navigable, and observers say the north-east passage along Russia's Arctic coast could open later this month. If the increased rate of melting continues, the summertime Arctic could be totally free of ice by 2030.
From: Nasa Earth Observatory - Newsroom: New Images - Melt Ponds on Greenland's Ice Cap Sapphire-blue pools connected by threadlike streams of water dot the western edge of the Greenland ice sheet in this image, taken on September 13, 2000, by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus sensor aboard the Landsat 7 satellite. Thinner than the 2.3-kilometer-thick center, the outer edges of the Greenland ice sheet develop melt zones like the one shown here during the warm summer months.
