L'occupazione dello spazio

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Any human intervention on the territory makes it potentially anthropized, because it modifies it in a way that can have repercussions in the biological or spatial field in the short or long term. Geography, as a discipline, in addition to studying the physical environment, studies anthropic phenomena and their impact on the natural environment.

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Summit and canyon on the side of Espírito Santo.

How many trails of those massive mountain ranges would it take to conquer the summit of what would be the highest “mountain” in the Empire of Brazil? It was long, tortuous, very cold and humid, the path that ended above the clouds, at 2,892 meters of altitude. But the imposing peak needed to be duly conquered and demarcated by the national flag, the green, yellow, white and indigo blue flag of Brazil.

For it was Dom Pedro II who ordered that the symbol of the Brazilian nation be installed with gallantry there in those heights, at a point located on the border of the territory that would become the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. The conquest of the place that soon came to be called Pico da Bandeira had repercussions and was very emblematic, but even today the unfathomable beauties of the region once dominated by a thriving Atlantic forest, guardian of very important natural treasures of this biome so sadly mistreated throughout the centuries.

Oil and plaster on canvas, 110 cm x 110 cm each, 184 pieces.

Celacanth provokes tidal waves (2004-2008) was presented for the first time, in 1999, at Galeria Camargo Vilaça (São Paulo) in a reduced version and with another title: “Azulejões”. It was from its montage at the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain (France), in 2005, that Adriana Varejão conceived the current format of the work, which today occupies the four walls of the gallery room.

The artist's starting point is Portuguese Baroque tiles, in which the play of shapes, volumes and shadows is recurrent in this artistic style. Here, four walls with 184 tiles, with a cracked surface as if they had suffered the passage of time, are arranged in a disorderly manner, producing the appearance of a large wave, a tidal wave. The title of the work refers to the graffiti found in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1970s, made by Carlos Alberto Teixeira, who was inspired by the phrase he heard in the Japanese series National Kid, and which had great repercussion at the time.

Quartering the topmost branches of one of the tall trees, an invisible bird was striving to make the day seem shorter, exploring with a long-drawn note the solitude that pressed it on every side, but it received at once so unanimous an answer, so powerful a repercussion of silence and of immobility, that one felt it had arrested for all eternity the moment which it had been trying to make pass more quickly.

― Marcel Proust

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“Quartering the topmost branches of one of the tall trees, an invisible bird was striving to make the day seem shorter, exploring with a long-drawn note the solitude that pressed it on every side, but it received at once so unanimous an answer, so powerful a repercussion of silence and of immobility, that one felt it had arrested for all eternity the moment which it had been trying to make pass more quickly.”

― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way.

I found this while out exploring around in the White Mountains.

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Quartering the topmost branches of one of the tall trees, an invisible bird was striving to make the day seem shorter, exploring with a long-drawn note the solitude that pressed it on every side, but it received at once so unanimous an answer, so powerful a repercussion of silence and of immobility, that one felt it had arrested for all eternity the moment which it had been trying to make pass more quickly.

― Marcel Proust

legends and history

Pico da Bandeira is considered the highest point in exclusively Brazilian territory, but, in fact, it is registered as the third highest in the country, with about 2,892 meters / 9,488 ft , when compared to the peaks of Neblina, with 2,993 meters / 9,819 ft, and the 31st of March, with 2,972 meters / 9,750 ft. However, both are located on the border between Brazil and Venezuela and, therefore, are not entirely national. These heights were recently updated, in the Pontos Culminantes Project, by IBGE.

The title of the highest peak in Brazil was given in 1859, when D. Pedro II had the Brazilian flag hoisted at the top of the elevation. As for the name of the Park, some historians argue that the word caparaó has an indigenous origin and means “water flowing from the rocks”. There are those who say that there are other meanings, such as: crooked river house or house of cover (capara) — a building made with mats, common in high and cold places.

However, an amusing legend contradicts the story. According to popular reports, in the region where today the Park is located, there was a very angry ox called Ó. As this ox always scared away anyone who tried to capture it, the herdsmen made a joint effort and after many days and struggles, they finally caught the animal. As proof of such bravery, they decided to castrate it, and the rumor spread: “caparam o Ó / they castrated it”. In Portuguese, "CaparaÓ"!

The place has other historical dates, such as the year 1967, when the Movimento Nacionalista Revolucionário (MNR) promoted an armed uprising, called “Guerrilha do Caparaó”, which contested the dictatorial regime and, according to historians, was idealized by Leonel Brizola and sponsored by Cuban statesman Fidel Castro. There was great national repercussion, the guerrillas remained for months in Serra do Caparaó, until they were denounced. In 2007, the journalist from Espírito Santo, José Caldas da Costa, launched the book “Caparaó – The first guerrilla against the dictatorship”. In the launch, former guerrilla fighter Araken Vaz Galvão stated: “We took Caparaó out of geography and placed him in history”.

PS On the left is the descent by Calçado and Calçado Mirim peaks.

I caught these rainy day ripples on a pond in a private garden in Porto, Portugal. My mind wanders to the hope that our national nightmare may soon come to an end without too much damage.

"Everything we do, even the slightest thing we do, can have a ripple effect and repercussions that emanate. If you throw a pebble into the water on one side of the ocean, it can create a tidal wave on the other side,

~ Victor Webster

Étang de Vaccarès is a salt water lagoon, in the wetlands of the Camargue in the delta of the River Rhône in southern France.

The lake is an important place for rest and food for migratory birds, and it also has a population of the greater flamingo. Because of its importance for wild birds, the Étang de Vaccarès with its surrounding wetlands has been protected as a nature reserve since 1927, and in 1972 it was incorporated into the Parc Régional de Camargue.

Even though the lake is «protected», it is nevertheless exposed to the repercussions of pollution from the large industrial parks nearby, and runoff from the surrounding agricultural areas. Studies show that fish from the lake contains significant levels of contamination.

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I really was, then. Hiding who I was..

**Older Self Portrait**

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I never admitted what I was doing. I would never take respectability for my actions, and the repercussions of my actions either. And I wasn't always doing right. I was using drugs, and hanging around people (very close to me) who were doing worse. Even if I didn't partake in the same actions, I still put myself in that category because I was with them.. and supported them as 'family' in everything that they did. I was young and naïve. I feel so sad for that girl. I knew in my heart this was all wrong and that I should run.. but I was addicted to the people and the lifestyle MORE than the drugs.. and I just couldn't stay away. It caused me so much pain and hurt - I look back and wish I would have... but one cannot change the past.

So much as changed since then .. Especially ME. Who I am, as an individual. I do right, no matter what. I've always had RIGHT in my heart, but I didn't always live it. I live by the Lord's word and I do the right thing (even when nobody is looking or will know about it). And it feels right. It's my new "high". And it's amazing.

I'm grateful for who I am today.

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◼ Btw: thank you all for all of your kind words and supportive comments. I know I haven't been updating as much, I've been quite busy! However, I DID in fact come up with an idea for my 52 week.. "paper" subject that I've been stuck on. Thanks to Juan.. So I'm going to work on that when I get a day to do so.

I hope everyone is doing well! I'm off to work, God bless & have a great week!

PS: Taken using my D5000 and my AlienBees 800 Strobist Flash.. (I plan on getting a new one of those soon, I LOVED that flash..)

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New year, New IDentity

Flit inserts a drive and taps out a long series of code and instructions, she hovers over the button marked initiate for a moment as she contemplates the possible repercussions of the action she's about to take...

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Secondlife Credits

[ kunst ] - Anuket Septum ring

[ kunst ] - Extreme Gaming Racing Chair

[ kunst ] - Joint

[Neurolab Inc.] Ocular implants Eyes EX-5 (LASER System Edition)

Poseidon Poses - Nightmare Jack @ Eclipse

RKKN Ash Armored Jacket @ ManCave

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Black And Blue · Gino Vannelli

Feelin' light and low

Like nothin I've felt before

My woman is black, but now she's blue

And I'm wonderin just what to do

(the day is new)

A motor-city love affair

In the heat of the night

A woman dark and debonair

Too hard to resist

The moment you've kissed

Feelin' good, feelin' down

Repercussions of a heavy heart

(torn apart)

The summer night is hot

But soon turns cold

Like a winter's song

(when something's wrong)

Oh lady black! please don't be blue

Wash the midnight with the morning dew

(the day is new)

Kodachrome Basin State Park is located on the Colorado Plateau, an uplifted region that covers much of the four corners area of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Within the park, the exposed formations range from the middle Jurassic Period (180 million years ago) to the Cretaceous Period (95 million years ago).

In 1948 the National Geographic Society explored and photographed the area for a story that appeared in the September 1949 issue of National Geographic. They named the area Kodachrome Flat, after the then relatively new brand of Kodak film they used. In 1962 the area was designated a state park. Fearing repercussions from the Kodak film company for using the name Kodachrome, the name was changed to Chimney Rock State Park, but renamed Kodachrome Basin a few years later with Kodak's permission.

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The only way to have a friend is to be one.

In 1948 the National Geographic Society explored and photographed the area for a story that appeared in the September 1949 issue of National Geographic. They named the area Kodachrome Flat, after the brand of Kodak film known for its vibrant color rendition.

In 1962 the area was designated a state park. Fearing repercussions from the Kodak film company for using the name Kodachrome, the name was changed to Chimney Rock State Park, but renamed Kodachrome Basin a few years later with Kodak's permission.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome_Basin_State_Park

It was really easy to find vegetarian food in Crete, Santorini, and Athens...vegan was a little trickier. I can tell things are slowly evolving. There is always eggplant and fava dip, olives and sometimes falafel. This street art is from Athens, where there was the most vegan food. Unfortunately, because of a religious holiday that I didn't know about, 90% of the places we tried to visit were closed the entire week we were there. Mama Tierra and Veganaki were both fantastic, though. The world is slowly changing but I honestly don't know if it will be fast enough with all the methane gas unnecessary cattle are adding to the environment and the repercussions from that will be damning to our next generations.

www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/21/eat-less-meat...

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This old house is a good analogy for the human condition. Years of hardships and viscitudes can take their toll on the human soul. Previous trauma leaves it’s mark too with repercussions that continue into the present reality. I think here of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Miserable where the prisoner Jean Valjean is given a new lease on life when incredible kindness is unexpectedly shown to him by an old priest. The past continues to try to haunt him to drag him down and destroy him but the support he was given proves to be the key for inherent goodness to triumph in the end. Do you see someone for whom a little support might be decisive? Don’t hold back. You may help change the trajectory of a human life. Cheers.

Got a big plan, this mindset, maybe it's right

At the right place and right time, maybe tonight

And the whisper or handshake, sending a sign

Wanna make out and kiss hard? Wait never mind

Late night in passing, mentioned it flipped

To her best friend, it's nothing, maybe it's slipped

But the slip turns to terror and a crush to like

Then she walked in, he froze up, believe it's the fright

It's cute in a way 'til you cannot speak

And you leave to have a cigarette and knees get weak

Escape was just a nod and a casual wave

Obsess about it heavy for the next two days

It's only just a crush, it'll go away

It's just like all the others, it'll go away

Or maybe this is danger, and he just don't know

You pray it all away, but it continues to grow

I want to hold you close, skin pressed against me tight

Lie still, close your eyes girl

So lovely, it feels so right

I want to hold you close, soft breath, beating heart

As I whisper in your ear, "I want to fucking tear you apart"

Then he walked up and told her, thinking maybe it's passed

And they talked and looked away a lot, doing the dance

Her hand brushed up against his, she left it there

Told him how she felt, and then they locked in a stare

They took a step back, thought about it, what should they do?

'Cause there's always repercussions when you're dating in school

But their lips met, and reservations started to pass

Whether this was just an evening or a thing that would last

Either way, he wanted her and this was bad

Wanted to do things to her, it was making him crazy

Now a little crush turned into a like

And now he wants to grab her by the hair and tell her

I want to hold you close, skin pressed against me tight

Lie still, close your eyes girl

So lovely, it feels so right

I want to hold you close, soft breath, beating heart

As I whisper in your ear, "I want to fucking tear you apart"

I want to hold you close, skin pressed against me tight

Lie still, close your eyes girl

So lovely, it feels so right

I want to hold you close, soft breath, beating heart

As I whisper in your ear, "I want to fucking tear you apart"❤️

Uiteindelijk kon ik vlotjes de iets meer dan een kilometer korte autorit vanuit Weiler afleggen: op deze wegen is meestal niet veel verkeer - of je moet al achter een tractor verzeilen.

Zo vlot dat ik eest nog de IRE 3 op foto kon zetten (een terugkerende 425 021-3), waarna uiteindelijk de RB van de Bodensee Oberschwaben Bahn op de proppen kwam: de vertraging van deze trein was ondertussen al opgelopen tot twintig minuten!

Deze keer kreeg ik twee blauwe stelletjes voor de lens, de 426 043 en een mij onbekend exemplaar.

Erg leuk om te zien hoe de trein hier door de bocht komt, een bocht die trouwens pas veel duidelijker is geworden door de elektrificatie.

Benieuwd of de snelle trein die zou volgen, opgehouden zou worden door dit stoppertje.

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After a short drive from Weiler, I arrived in Lohner - so quickly that I was still able to make first of all a picture of the IRE 3 (425 021-3 returning from Ulm) before finally the BOB Regionalbahn showed up. With a delay of 20 minutes the train passed Lohner in direction of Friedrichshafen.

Would this delay have repercussions for the fast train that I expected very soon?

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Lohner, 16/07/2022

BOB 426 043 + 426 xxx

RB 91 87610 Aulendorf - Friedrichshafen Hafen

The things we do sometimes have repercussions. Danbo was feeling sad and it looks like he may have been punished.

Happy Wednesday

RLART

Tipping points are triggered when temperatures reach a certain level, whereby one impact rapidly leads to a series of cascading events with vast repercussions. For instance, as rising temperatures lead to the melting of Arctic permafrost, the unfreezing soil releases methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that in turn causes more heating.

Smoke rises from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil

Climate tipping points could topple like dominoes, warn scientists

Read more

Other tipping points include the melting of polar ice sheets, which once under way may be almost impossible to reverse even if carbon emissions are rapidly reduced, and which would raise sea levels catastrophically over many decades, and the possibility of the Amazon rainforest switching suddenly to savannah, which scientists have said could come quickly and with relatively small temperature rises.

source

www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/23/climate-chang...

art for a troubled time

puddinjameson.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/repercussions/

light of my soul....

It's Canada Day tomorrow. This year, in light of recent discoveries of the unmarked graves of First Nations children, we are displaying this shirt rather than the Canadian flag. This isn't an anti-patriotic statement but an acknowledgement and remembrance of the awfulness what was allowed to occur in times past. The repercussions are ongoing.

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“I'm not on all the time. I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker.”

~Keenen Ivory Wayans

No matter the denomination of faith, religious structures are grand monuments of a higher theological being, state of being or otherworldly-place to their doctorine's believers, and - no matter the faith of the observer - their structural splendour can be admired without fear of repercussion.

www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at/en/exhibitions/anonym

On Refusal, Infiltration, and the Gift

Upon being invited to exhibit at Kunsthaus Bregenz in autumn 2025, the artist decided to withdraw their identity. Not as a retreat but as a method: an intentional refusal of the economies of authorship, legacy, and visibility.

While anonymity can be used as a tool for the dissemination of ideas without censorship or repercussions on a position of “dissent”; anonymity here questions the motivations of authorship and its subsequent economies. If there is no distinguishable entity or person(s) for the work to be ascribed to, then the impetus for creating the work must revise the mode of production, aesthetic sensibilities, and lines of inquiry related to previous work. What remains is an anti-capitalist proposition that infiltrates the infrastructure that identity offers in an art-historical and cultural landscape.

Installed on the museum’s top floor is a 7.2-by-7.2-meter modular house. Constructed from 249 pieces of aluminum and two panes of glass, it is fully inhabitable with sleeping quarters, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a retractable table. It connects directly to the museum’s electricity, water, and wastewater system, parasiting the building.

Parasitic architecture is the practice of attaching a new structure to an existing one. While benefitting from its host’s infrastructures, in Bregenz, the parasite and host enter into a symbiosis.

Visitors to the exhibition are invited to inhabit the space—to sit, lie down, use the bathroom. After the exhibition, it will continue to exist as a movable artists’ residence: a living, working structure built to be disassembled, moved, and reassembled elsewhere. It offers itself as a tool—unfinished by design—that is preserved through utility.

On the floors below, architectural skins echo the blueprint of the house above. These flexible membranes are designed to adapt the structure for different climates. A manual accompanies the house, with step-by-step instructions for its reassembly.

The dwelling cannot be bought, archived, or owned. It exists to be lived in, passed on, altered, repurposed. It resists the afterlife of art as a commodity, thereby undoing the logic that equates value with permanence or visibility with truth.

The house uses the exhibition’s financial resources to build itself. Privileging flexibility not as an aesthetic gesture but as a political stance, it adapts out of necessity: to climate, context, and use. It is architecture without fidelity—a form designed to outlive the systems it survives through.

youtu.be/ixw_bLVUL34

Got a big plan, his mind's set, maybe it's right

At the right place and right time, maybe tonight

In a whisper or handshake sending a sign

Wanna make out and kiss hard, wait never mind

Late night, in passing, mention it flip to her

Best friend, it's no thing, maybe it slipped

But the slip turns to terror and a crush to like

When she walked in he froze up, leave it to fright

It's cute in a way, 'til you cannot speak

And you leave to have a cigarette, knees get weak

Escape was just a nod and a casual wave

Obsess about it, heavy for the next two days

It's only just a crush, it'll go away

It's just like all the others it'll go away

Or maybe this is danger and you just don't know

You pray it all away but it continues to grow

I want to hold you close

Skin pressed against me tight

Lie still, close your eyes girl

So lovely, it feels so right

I want to hold you close

Soft breath, beating heart

As I whisper in your ear

I wanna fucking tear you apart

Then he walked up and told her, thinking maybe it'd pass

And they talked and looked away a lot, doing the dance

Her hand brushed up against his, she left it there

Told him how she felt and then they locked in a stare

They took a step back, thought about it, what should they do

'Cause there's always repercussions when you're dating in school

But their lips met, and reservations started to pass

Whether this was just an evening or a thing that would last

Either way he wanted her and this was bad

Wanted to do things to her it was making him crazy

Now a little crush turned into a like

And now he wants to grab her by the hair and tell her

I want to hold you close

Skin pressed against me tight

Lie still, close your eyes girl

So lovely, it feels so right

I want to hold you close

Soft breath, beating heart

As I whisper in your ear

I wanna fucking tear you apart

I want to hold you close

Skin pressed against me tight

Lie still, close your eyes girl

So lovely, it feels so right

I want to hold you close

Soft breath, beating heart

As I whisper in your ear

I wanna fucking tear you apart

I want to hold you close

Skin pressed against me tight

Lie still, close your eyes girl

So lovely, it feels so right

I want to hold you close

Soft breath, beating heart

As I whisper in your ear

I wanna fucking tear you apart

On Refusal, Infiltration, and the Gift

Upon being invited to exhibit at Kunsthaus Bregenz in autumn 2025, the artist decided to withdraw their identity. Not as a retreat but as a method: an intentional refusal of the economies of authorship, legacy, and visibility.

While anonymity can be used as a tool for the dissemination of ideas without censorship or repercussions on a position of “dissent”; anonymity here questions the motivations of authorship and its subsequent economies. If there is no distinguishable entity or person(s) for the work to be ascribed to, then the impetus for creating the work must revise the mode of production, aesthetic sensibilities, and lines of inquiry related to previous work. What remains is an anti-capitalist proposition that infiltrates the infrastructure that identity offers in an art-historical and cultural landscape.

Installed on the museum’s top floor is a 7.2-by-7.2-meter modular house. Constructed from 249 pieces of aluminum and two panes of glass, it is fully inhabitable with sleeping quarters, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a retractable table. It connects directly to the museum’s electricity, water, and wastewater system, parasiting the building.

Parasitic architecture is the practice of attaching a new structure to an existing one. While benefitting from its host’s infrastructures, in Bregenz, the parasite and host enter into a symbiosis.

Visitors to the exhibition are invited to inhabit the space—to sit, lie down, use the bathroom. After the exhibition, it will continue to exist as a movable artists’ residence: a living, working structure built to be disassembled, moved, and reassembled elsewhere. It offers itself as a tool—unfinished by design—that is preserved through utility.

On the floors below, architectural skins echo the blueprint of the house above. These flexible membranes are designed to adapt the structure for different climates. A manual accompanies the house, with step-by-step instructions for its reassembly.

The dwelling cannot be bought, archived, or owned. It exists to be lived in, passed on, altered, repurposed. It resists the afterlife of art as a commodity, thereby undoing the logic that equates value with permanence or visibility with truth.

The house uses the exhibition’s financial resources to build itself. Privileging flexibility not as an aesthetic gesture but as a political stance, it adapts out of necessity: to climate, context, and use. It is architecture without fidelity—a form designed to outlive the systems it survives through.

The prototype will be gifted to ______________.

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IL EST TROP TARD POUR SAUVER LA BANQUISE ESTIVALE EN ARCTIQUE ET LES RÉPERCUSSIONS VONT ÊTRE LITTÉRALEMENT CATASTROPHIQUES !!!

Une nouvelle étude révèle que nos émissions de gaz à effet de serre ont un impact plus important sur le réchauffement climatique que le prédisait le GIEC.

Ce n'est plus une surprise pour personne, du moins en dehors des recoins obscurs de certains réseaux sociaux : la banquise fond. Pendant des décennies, l'Arctique a servi d'exemple pour illustrer notre impact sur le climat terrestre. Et plus elle disparaît, plus la communauté scientifique exhorte les sociétés à faire plus d'efforts.

L'humanité est responsable de la quasi-totalité de la fonte des glaces

Une étude récente, dirigée par Seung-Ki Min, de l'université de Pohang, en Corée du Sud, a établi de nouvelles estimations de la fonte de la glace de mer arctique, sur la base de nouvelles données. Les résultats de son équipe ajoutent une couche supplémentaire à un alarmisme général : la banquise fond beaucoup plus vite qu'on ne le craignait.

En effet, le GIEC (Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat) avait prédit que la région perdrait sa glace d'été d'ici aux années 2040. Cette nouvelle étude est encore plus pessimiste, puisqu'elle affirme que cela pourrait se produire dix ans plus tôt. Il s'agit d'un repère intéressant, car c'est à la fin de cette saison que la banquise atteint son minimum annuel.

Pour parvenir à cette conclusion, l'équipe de Min a d'abord examiné l'impact de l'augmentation des gaz à effet de serre sur la fonte des glaces par rapport à d'autres facteurs naturels. Selon les chercheurs, l'humanité en est responsable à hauteur de 90 %. Le reste serait imputable aux variations de l'intensité solaire ou aux éruptions volcaniques, par exemple.

Un impact humain aussi important sur la fonte des glaces signifie que les efforts requis pour ralentir suffisamment le réchauffement climatique ont peut-être été sous-estimés jusqu'à présent. Pour Min, « nous devons réduire les émissions de CO₂ de manière plus ambitieuse et nous préparer à nous adapter à ce réchauffement plus rapide de l'Arctique ». En effet, son étude établit que, même si la hausse de la température globale est limitée à 2 °C, la glace d'été aura tout de même disparu d'ici à 2050.

Et le chercheur de rappeler les effets que cela aura sur notre climat : « une augmentation des phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes que nous connaissons actuellement, tels que les vagues de chaleur, les incendies de forêt et les inondations ». En effet, la fonte des glaces entraîne des modifications du jet stream qui traverse l'hémisphère nord, un courant d'air rapide qui participe à réguler le climat en Amérique du Nord, en Europe et en Asie.

Mark Serreze, directeur du National Snow and Ice Data Center de l'université du Colorado, résume plutôt bien la situation : « Le message clé est que nous sommes en train de perdre le contrôle de la banquise ». D'autant que, plus l’océan est exposé, plus il absorbe la chaleur, entraînant ainsi un cercle vicieux qui sera toujours plus difficile et long à inverser, voire arrêter.

Bien sûr, il ne s'agit pas de renoncer à la transition énergétique, qui évolue rapidement, car un réchauffement global au-dessus de 2 °C pourrait avoir des conséquences bien plus désastreuses.

CEPENDANT, 2030 ARRIVE DANS MOINS DE DIX ANS, ET À L'ÉCHELLE DE NOTRE SOCIÉTÉ, CELA VEUT DIRE... DEMAIN !!!

Source : The Guardian

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IT IS TOO LATE TO SAVE THE SUMMER SEA ICE IN THE ARCTIC AND THE REPERCUSSIONS WILL BE LITERALLY CATASTROPHIC !

A new study reveals that our greenhouse gas emissions have a greater impact on global warming than predicted by the IPCC.

This is no longer a surprise to anyone, at least outside the dark corners of certain social networks: the sea ice is melting. For decades, the Arctic has served as an example to illustrate our impact on the Earth's climate. And the more it disappears, the more the scientific community urges societies to do more.

Humanity is responsible for almost all of the ice melting

A recent study, led by Seung-Ki Min of Pohang University in South Korea, has come up with new estimates of Arctic sea ice melt, based on new data. His team's results add another layer to general alarmism: the sea ice is melting much faster than feared.

Indeed, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) had predicted that the region would lose its summer ice by the 2040s. This new study is even more pessimistic, since it claims that this could happen ten years earlier. This is an interesting landmark, because it is at the end of this season that the pack ice reaches its annual minimum.

To reach this conclusion, Min's team first looked at the impact of increased greenhouse gases on melting ice compared to other natural factors. Humankind is responsible for 90% of this, researchers say. The rest would be attributable to variations in solar intensity or volcanic eruptions, for example.

Such a large human impact on melting ice means that the efforts required to sufficiently slow global warming may have been underestimated until now. For Min, "we need to reduce CO₂ emissions more ambitiously and prepare to adapt to this faster warming of the Arctic". Indeed, his study establishes that, even if the increase in global temperature is limited to 2°C, summer ice will still have disappeared by 2050.

And the researcher recalls the effects that this will have on our climate: "an increase in the extreme weather phenomena that we are currently experiencing, such as heat waves, forest fires and floods". Indeed, the melting of the ice leads to changes in the jet stream that crosses the northern hemisphere, a rapid air current that helps regulate the climate in North America, Europe and Asia.

Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, sums it up pretty well: "The key message is that we are losing control of the sea ice." Especially since, the more the ocean is exposed, the more it absorbs heat, thus resulting in a vicious circle which will be always more difficult and longer to reverse, or even stop.

Of course, this is not about giving up on the rapidly evolving energy transition, as global warming above 2°C could have far more dire consequences.

HOWEVER, 2030 IS LESS THAN TEN YEARS AWAY, AND ON THE SCALE OF OUR SOCIETY, THAT MEANS... TOMORROW !!!

Source: The Guardian

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This is Smokey. He is all gray and about seven years old. He came to live with us about two weeks ago. His previous owner who had had him since he was a kitten could no longer care for him so Smokey moved in with another family member but they already had a number of pets and a small child. Smokey was posted on our neighborhood webpage as available for adoption. The post was spotted by my wife on the first day. After the third day of posts my wife started pursuing adoption. Two independent vet checkups later Smokey was at our house. He was quarantined in his own room and from our other cat Sundance (also seven years old) for a few days. My wife spent much time with Smokey on those days so they could get acquainted. Upon the first meeting with Sundance (through a partially opened door) Smokey was hissing and spitting at Sundance but Sundance did not return the sentiment at that time. A couple of days later Smokey was finally released from quarantine and allowed to explore his new home under close supervision. Sundance kept his distance but if Smokey came to close Sundance would then hiss at Smokey. However, last night Smokey tried out Sundance’s rocking chair and even was up in Sundance’s cat tree with no repercussions. Finally, as of this morning both seemed to be comfortable with one another. But Smokey still has his own room for sanctuary (fully equipped with all the cat needs). Of course, when he is out of that room supervision on our part will continue.

As it stands, it appears we are a two cat family once again.

Happy Caturday!

For the Happy Caturday group 8/28/2021 theme “Black & White”.

Étang de Vaccarès is a lake, or rather; a salt water lagoon (étang), in the wetlands of the Camargue in the delta of the River Rhône in southern France.

The lake has an area of 65 km², and the depth is less than two meters. It is the northernmost, and also the largest of the lakes of the Camargue, and constitutes the principal element in the water control system of the Rhône delta, which depends upon a strict management of water resources, through pumping, irrigation and draining stations making a complex network of channels throughout the river delta.

The lake is also an important place for rest and food for migratory birds, and it also has a population of the greater flamingo.[1] Because of its importance for wild birds, the Étang de Vaccarès with its surrounding wetlands has been protected as a nature reserve since 1927, and in 1972 it was incorporated into the Parc Régional de Camargue.

Even though the lake is «protected», it is nevertheless exposed to the repercussions of pollution from the large industrial parks nearby, and runoff from the surrounding agricultural areas. Studies show that fish from the lake contains significant levels of contamination.

For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tang_de_Vaccar%C3%A8s

My first windmill shot. Not a great one, but just as elusive as deer.

Everything we do, even the slightest thing we do, can have a ripple effect and repercussions that emanate. If you throw a pebble into the water on one side of the ocean, it can create a tidal wave on the other side.

Victor Webster

Enjoying a beautiful Spring day at the ocean!!

Work by the street artist Vera Bugatti

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault / Spitzbergen / Svalbard / Norway

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Captured in Berkeley, where it was baking in the bright California sun.

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Irene Rinehart Riverfront Park / Ellensburg, WA

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"Ghosts remind us that our actions in life have repercussions that echo beyond the grave." Sooner or later everybody will face his own ghosts..

ILD,my Sunbeam

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