“Parem de fingir que a tecnologia vai manter-nos felizes e saudáveis quando o mundo natural tiver sido destruído”, afirmou #JamesCameron em Los Angeles sobre a minissérie “Secrets of the Octopus”, da qual é produtor executivo. A narração é de ator #PaulRudd.
“Os humanos estão a usar os oceanos como sanitas”, considerou, apontando para o despejo de dejetos e desperdícios agrícolas no mar e para a existência de “zonas de morte em massa” em vários ecossistemas aquáticos.
"Consuming alcohol every day, seems to be more common as one goes further south in Europe."
"It’s interesting to overlay this map with a map of alcohol related deaths. Latvia and Poland might have some of the lowest shares of daily alcohol consumers, but they also have some of the highest alcohol related death rates. The opposite is the case in a lot of southern European countries."
Em 9 comunidades #Yanomami, 94% dos indígenas têm alto nível de contaminação por mercúrio
"(...) o novo estudo comprova ainda mais a contaminação dos povos indígenas pelo metal [mercúrio] e reforça que o #garimpo ilegal é o principal causador das mortes e doenças que assolam os Yanomami."
The study, carried out in October 2022, found 100 percent of participants were contaminated with the toxic metal, including 84 percent with levels above the limit recommended by the #WorldHealthOrganization, two micrograms per gram of hair.
Another 10.8 percent had mercury levels above six micrograms per gram of hair, which requires special medical attention.
“It’s not green, it’s greed. Global warming is a serious problem and we cannot continue burning #fossilfuels, but destroying mountains for lithium is just as bad as destroying mountains for coal. You can’t blow up a mountain and call it green.”
#Barroso is the only region in #Portugal – and one of only eight in Europe – recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System of outstanding landscapes that combine agricultural biodiversity, resilient ecosystems and a valuable cultural heritage.
With the blocking of #Telegram in #Spain, many people are now looking for #alternatives to this messaging app. Here's a good article (Comparison of #InstantMessengers) that shows that there is no shortage of safe and #opensource options.
"The library that belonged to #FernandoPessoa (1888-1935) – the books that he bought, received from friends, acquired, inherited, edited, read and profusely annotated – represents Casa Fernando Pessoa’s most valuable asset. Fernando Pessoa’s Private Library – consisting of roughly 1300 titles in total, over half of them in English – is our most valuable treasure and lay behind the foundation of Casa Fernando Pessoa in 1993."
O Decreto-Lei nº 92/2019, de 10 de julho, que lista mais de 200 espécies de plantas exóticas como invasoras em Portugal Continental (e Madeira) proíbe a detenção, a criação, o cultivo e a comercialização das espécies consideradas invasoras e de risco ecológico.
A 'Acacia dealbata' e outras acácias integram a Lista Nacional de Espécies Invasoras a que este decreto faz referência.
Descobri há pouco a @gmic. G'MIC é uma ferramenta (código aberto) poderosa de processamento de imagens e framework disponível para várias plataformas, incluindo Linux.
Oferece centenas de filtros e efeitos que podem ser aplicados em imagens, permitindo realizar desde simples ajustes de cores e correções até transformações complexas, como manipulação artística, simulação de efeitos de filmes e criação de estilos alternativos.
New study: At least in the #UK, in the field of #economics, "an author is systematically more likely to cite another…not only if they work on similar topics, but most relevantly if they have been co-authors, faculty colleagues, alumni of the same Alma Mater, and even if they express similar political views. The implication is that #citations do not signal the intrinsic quality of research outputs only, but they also capture social and professional connections." https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/kykl.12352
