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• Growing food… under the sea?
• 20.000 whales are killed ever year because they are hit by boats.
• Reinventing narratives thanks to other perspectives.
Mediterranean without Borders.
• Cities are getting busier because of the climate.
International displacements due to disasters in the world.
• The city that embraces the rise of sea levels.
The floating houses of IJburg in Amsterdam.
• Hole and Hope.
• 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝.
The world record for tree biodiversity.
• 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬: 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?
China is by far the country with the most greenhouse surface
A company in the Netherland can consume as much as a city of 30 000 inhabitants.
• The Great Green Wall of Africa.
The official website of the Great Green Wall of Africa
Only 18% had been build in 2023.
Similar projects: Autoroute de la pluie in France, the Great Green Wall of China, the Algerian Green Dam.
• The unseen heroes of our planet.
Scientists estimate that roughly half of the oxygen production on Earth comes from the ocean.
• Why you should not order “chai tea” anymore.
Tea is the second most widely consumed drink around the world.
Theanine that promotes relaxation without sleepiness.
• 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝?
Discovery of Mauritia, a fragment beneath Mauritius
Zealandia: a vast sunken landmass beneath New Zealand and New Caledonia
Dozens of these hidden continental fragments have been identified.
• 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬.
The chemistry behind northern lights
The 2 apps for northern light forecast: Aurora Now and My Aurora Forecast
My photo portfolio for more norther lights pictures
• Will humanity end up there?
Antarctica act like a mirror and reflect sun light.
Antarctica used to be covered by forests.
Why don’t planes fly over Antactica?
Russia discovered gas deposits in Antarctica.
• Salt to concentrate solar power.
The Galapagos islands are at the intersection of three tectonic plates and on two microplates.
The unique biodiversity in Galapagos.
Another source for the biodiversity in Galapagos.
• Salt to concentrate solar power.
More information about Concentrated Solar Power
• Why not cover the Sahara with solar panels?
An even warmer Sahara could alter global air and ocean currents
• This slum has spread on water.
• 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰.
The pressure exerted by the PRC to isolate Taiwan.
• Pinks lakes & astrobiology
Halobacteria give pink lakes their pink hue.
How pink lakes help to look for exoplanets.
• The coutry that ate itself.
How Naura looks like now, after having cutting down most trees.
The future mining project in the sea around Nauru.
• When countries play as if they were Russian Dolls.
The blockade of Berlin by the Soviets.
The map of the Dutch counter-enclaves.
• Are you eating the vegetable with the biggest carbon footprint?
Photo of asparagus fields in the desert of the Valley of Ica, Peru.
• From natural wonder to toxic desert.
The shrinking of the Aral Sea is arguably one of the planet’s worst environmental disasters.
Will the Caspian Sea have the same fate?
• The paradox of lithium.
Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina: the lithium triangle
2.2 million liters of water that are used per ton of lithium
Photos taken by Tom Hegen
• Protecting existing forests rather than planting new ones.
The Amazon rainforest is not truly the ‘lungs of the planet’.
The evolution of deforsation over time and it’s causes.
The countries the most affected by deforestation.
In Australia, a third of the land set aside for restoration is now in worse condition than before.
• Clouds, jungles, and eyeless transparent animals—all can be found in this underworld.
Valentin Hammoudi 