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Hong Qi, President and Chief Executive Officer, China Minsheng Banking Corporation, People's Republic of China at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
Zhu Ning, Deputy Director and Professor of Finance, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, People's Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on Fiscal Sustainability at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
Urban Rangers from Environmental Learning for Kids, one of our partner organizations, not only teach HOW to fish, but what makes up a lake ecosystem so participants can better understand how they can play a part in conservation.
Photo: Julia Whitten / USFWS
•Wang Shuo, Managing Editor, Caixin Media, People's Republic of China; Young Global Leader at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft encapsulated inside SpaceXâs Falcon 9 payload fairings is transported from the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, to be mated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 in preparation for liftoff set for no earlier than 1:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. PACE is NASA's newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols. Photo Credit: Ben Smegelsky
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The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The "Forest Worlds" exhibition transforms the colossal, 117-meter-high Gasometer Oberhausen into a breathtaking indoor ecosystem. Serving as the spectacular finale to an environmental trilogy that previously explored Earth’s general fragility and the deep oceans, this showcase bridges the gap between raw industrial heritage and the natural world. Within this cathedral of industrial culture, the exhibition invites visitors to leave the urban sprawl behind and immerse themselves in the complex, mysterious life of the planet's vital green lungs.
The lower levels provide an emotionally gripping, scientifically sound journey across the globe, spanning from the dense Amazon basin to the pristine jungles of the Congo and Europe’s ancient woodlands. Through award-winning wildlife photography - including a striking slideshow of indigenous societies by Sebastião Salgado - and rare natural history exhibits, visitors come face-to-face with everything from massive brown bears to microscopic soil organisms. However, it isn't just a celebration of biodiversity; the exhibition utilizes advanced satellite tracking and artificial intelligence from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) to directly confront the devastating realities of slash-and-burn agriculture and climate change.
Ascending further into the industrial monument, visitors are treated to "Global Sunrise," an immersive, multi-sensory installation designed by the Berlin-based studio OCEANS21. This poetic experience captures daybreak across forests on five different continents, utilizing authentic nature soundscapes recorded by renowned audio specialist Chris Watson and staged by sound artist Tony Myatt. Paired with synchronized, delicate light projections that mimic the sun's first rays piercing a forest canopy, the installation fills the cavernous, echoing spaces of the Gasometer with the literal heartbeat of a waking Earth.
The ultimate crown jewel of the exhibition is "The Tree," a monumental, 35-meter-high abstract sculpture engineered by Ars Electronica Solutions on the upper floor. Visitors can walk through an artistically woven root system—constructed from 2.8 kilometers of glowing LED strands—and gaze upward as the abstract canopy climbs dramatically into the Gasometer’s towering sky. Accompanied by a custom musical composition by Rupert Huber, this massive light sculpture acts as a powerful, unforgettable metaphor for the interconnectedness of all living things, ensuring visitors leave with a renewed desire to protect our fragile environment.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
•Wang Shuo, Managing Editor, Caixin Media, People's Republic of China; Young Global Leader, at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
Aambyvalley rd.,Lonavala,Mah.,India
some confusion here.I have not come across a authentic record of V.affinis from Western Ghats.
www.inaturalist.org/observations/1310553
deep inside thick woods under a dense canopy i stumbled on this big white ball glowing in the darkness.This was a surprise ,just about shoulder height, hanging precariously at the end of a delicate branch jutting out of a tree.I thought it was living dangerously.I dare not say they misjudged it as insects are so much smarter especially when it comes to survival, but then something went wrong.After a few days found the nest smashed to the ground with many hornets trapped under it.May be they were done in by the heavy rains and wind.
I could go very close and never bothered about my presence.
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Now that boulder has been there for a good long time.
2014 "Longest Day" Summer Solstice Photo Marathon.
Hour 8 (1 - 2) Lower Vasquez Creek, near Winter Park
To see some beautiful parts of Colorado a bit closer to Denver, please visit my Front Range Parks group:
www.flickr.com/groups/frontrangeparks/
Spent all day on a marathon photo shoot. 15 hours Sunrise to Sunset. 15 photo locations. Shot 170 images. Hauled 25 pounds of photo gear in the car, then never switched from the 18-135 Canon zoom I use 90 percent of the time.
Drove 320 miles in the Colorado mountains with Debbie (who painted) and Poppyseed (who slept).
Light overcast, great for driving. Stay tuned for the rest of the trip over the next week or so.
One of the intensive learning courses held on campus during May traveled to Camp Alta Mons where they investigated historic and contemporary land use and ecosystems of the upper roanoke River through hiking, overnight camping, research, and written exercises.
Goal of this FAO-led project is to adopt an integrated ecosystems approach for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin that will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation and mitigation, protection of international waters, agro-biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, leading to increased food security and improved rural livelihoods.
More: www.fao.org/nr/kagera/about-kagera/en/
©FAO/Ny You
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
•Lord Turner, Senior Fellow, The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), United Kingdom
at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
Woodview students studied the savanna ecosystem in class and then planted grasses and other plants that are native to the savanna area.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Goal of this FAO-led project is to adopt an integrated ecosystems approach for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin that will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation and mitigation, protection of international waters, agro-biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, leading to increased food security and improved rural livelihoods.
More: www.fao.org/nr/kagera/about-kagera/en/
©FAO/Ny You
Attendees at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Attendees at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
29 May 2018 - Session : Start-up Ecosystem. OECD, Paris, France.
Moderator
Jeanne Dussueil, Editor in Chief & Co-Founder, GLOBALIZ
Speakers
Tamas Foldi, CEO, Starschema
Scott Frisch, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, AARP
Eugene Kandel, Chief Executive Officer, Start-Up Nation Central, Israel
Marija Rucevska, Co-founder, TechChill Foundation, Latvia
Photo: MarcoIlluminati/OECD
Spotted during a surveillance flight Monday, manatees are taking refuge from the cold weather in a mitigation feature built by SFWMD just south of Port of the Islands in Collier County.
Completed in April 2016, the three deep pools ensure the local manatee population continues to have a warm water refuge in the Port of the Islands area that’s compatible with restoration efforts at Picayune Strand. When complete, the CERP project will re-establish a more natural flow of water to 55,000 acres of wetlands and uplands in the Western Everglades.
29 May 2018 - OECD Forum 2017 - Start-up Ecosystem. OECD, Paris, France.
Moderator
Jeanne Dussueil, Editor in Chief & Co-Founder, GLOBALIZ
Speakers
Tamas Foldi, CEO, Starschema
Scott Frisch, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, AARP
Eugene Kandel, Chief Executive Officer, Start-Up Nation Central, Israel
Marija Rucevska, Co-founder, TechChill Foundation, Latvia
Photo: MarcoIlluminati/OECD
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
•Mariana Mazzucato, R. M. Phillips Professor in Science and Technology Policy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 13 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum