The environmental crisis that we are facing today, to a certain degree, reflect the disintegration of our traditional ethical standards…
The prosperity of human society and the anthropogenic environmental crisis
I read the editorial: Environment: Fighting to Save Earth From Man, a Time Magazine and CNN collaboration published on 02…
The Future of Life by Edward Wilson — a book review
The book The Future of Life is a piece of inarguably high standard, concentration of knowledge and wisdom. It is a rich and comprehensive display of scientific arguments finely knitted with strong facts and truth, forming persuasive logical coherence on the subject — biodiversity, human-nature relationship and future advancement of life on Earth. Edward Wilson’s deep love and life-long passion towards nature are seen throughout the book, presented by fascinating details of nature, species, and human discoveries. It is categorised as a book of life/environmental sciences, but Wilson brought it out as if it was some most private and emotional stories. The book reached both great vastness and depth in its field of study. Wilson did not try to tell us what exactly the future of life will be. He outlined the possibilities and the logical assumption for readers to echo about the future in their own head. But at the same time, he did tell us what the future of life will possibly be like, by bringing the readers to as close as what he can possibly foresee with his scientific certainty and inspire those who read with an open mind. For this reason, the book has achieved its purpose.
For what should our generation choose to strive?
If we want to know who we are, what we want, where we are going and want to shape our destination, we have to know our history; for an individual, its family history, the parents and grandparents. For a society, it’s the whole human history we need to make sense in our mind.
Navigating climate change communication between advocacy and denialism
(Article originally published on BLOGUE ATS – the official blog of the research group: Environment, Territory and Society at Institute…
Ecological condition and the knowledge we need for the future – thoughts on environmental governance of interlinked social-ecological systems
(Speech was given at the International Conference on Natural Resources Management in Developing Countries, Feb 25, 2018, Faculty of Agriculture and…
Tackling Climate Change: Distinguishing the Capacity and Responsibility of Stakeholders in Limited and Interlinked Systems
(This ASTER image shows the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest in the middle of the Yangtze River in China,…
Water challenges in the Himalayan Region-Basin and future prospects
The article analysed major river runoffs, glacier mass loss, precipitation and surface temperature changes in the Himalaya region. The paper’s quantitative analysis of historical precipitation matched the result run by the climate model CMIP 5. Decreasing precipitation and rising surface temperature as results of climate change have cost the Himalaya region glacier retreats and shrunk river runoffs. The living environment for 40 million local residents has become drier in dry areas and wetter in wet areas. Hot and cold extremes have been putting additional challenges to them. Future projections suggest more radical glacier retreats and increasing precipitation, which can be catastrophic to the local livelihoods. The paper also gave suggestions on future solutions to the intensifying water challenges from financial, political and social perspectives. Both international support and local effort are needed to overcome the current water challenges that the Himalaya region is facing. Possible solutions include financial supports to improve infrastructure, actions to ratify mitigation targets, green energy development and good community practices in water use.
A Alma da Culinária Portuguesa
A meu ver, o peixe é o ingrediente mais essencial na culinária portuguesa. De todos os países da União Europeia,…
Do Espaço ao Estereótipo: Identidades Culturais no Urbanismo, na Natureza e no Colonialismo Sob a Forma de Arte Moderna
Jieling Liu 27 abril de 2016 Resumo Este relatório tem função como apresentar a exposição As Casas na Coleção do…