Cleaner air in east Asia has driven recent acceleration in global warming – new study: A traffic jam in Beijing in China, where air pollution has drastically reduced. Hung Chung Chih/Shutterstock Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to the recent string of record warm years. Why this is happening is still …
South Africa in the news: UNWTO and Google organize first tourism acceleration program in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Covid-19 crisis has disproportionately affected tourism, a sector that accounts for millions of jobs around the globe. While no one can say with certainty …: “South Africa” – BingNews Azanla mourns passing of woman who established bases during …
Blue Acceleration: our dash for ocean resources mirrors what we’ve already done to the land: Oil tankers load up in a port at twilight. Avigator Fortuner/Shutterstock Humans are leaving a heavy footprint on the Earth, but when did we become the main driver of change in the planet’s ecosystems? Many scientists point to the 1950s, …
Colloquium in Visual Culture – “A History of the Not So Utopian Future; or, Architecture and the Great Acceleration” by Daniel Barber – a Culture interest event taking place on 2018-02-07 12:30:00 in United States CH 224 Visual Culture lecture with Q & A. Refreshments served. February 7- Daniel BarberAssistant Professor of Architecture, University of …
Houston 2018 Economic Forecast: Acceleration – a Africa interest event taking place on 2017-09-29 07:00:00 in United States The Texas economy is accelerating in nearly every business sector. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas just increased their forecast for more hiring in Texas in 2017, with the creation of 309,200 new jobs by the end of …