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Two Thousand Copernicus Images of the Day

#Atmosphere #Cryosphere #HumanActivities #Land #NaturalEvents #Nature #Water

▶️ 1 new picture from Copernicus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Thousand_Copernicus_Images_of_the_Day_%28Copernicus_2026-04-23%29.png

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 21

“The planet has transformed as #HumanActivities alter the texture of our land as seen from space, expanding cities, #clearing dark #forests
for replacement by bright agricultural lands and contributing to the desiccation of the Aral Sea which has shrunk to less than 10% of its 1960s size."

“Some of that change can even be seen in the images themselves, even though the Earth is shrouded in cloud. "Although they're of different parts of the Earth, the one thing that does show up in both images, although you're looking at different parts of it, is Antarctica and the #SouthernOcean," says #BenjaminWallis, a glaciologist at the University of Leeds in the UK. "The #Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly warming parts of the #Earth and 28,000km of ice shelf have collapsed in between the original image and the latest image."

#NASA / #Earthrise / #Apollo 1960s vs #Artimus 2020s / #ClimateEmergency <https://bbc.com/future/article/20260417-apollo-v-artemis-how-the-earth-changed-in-58-years>

Apollo v Artemis: How the Earth changed in 58 years

After the Apollo 8 crew captured the iconic Earthrise photo in 1968, Artemis astronauts have recreated the image, revealing changes to our fragile blue planet.

BBC

Stefan F. Wirth Apr 20

Please like my new #animation #video #documentary about the #dodo, its #life, #ecology and #extinction on #YouTube:
https://youtu.be/tlwcirBQlrE?is=Mn4EsGCz4uy-kS6V
The dodo #Raphus #cucullatus (#Columbidae) was native to #Mauritius and was #extinct between 1662 and 1690 due to #humanactivities, #domesticanimals, #naturaldesasters and may be its #parasites
© #StefanFWirth, Berlin, April 2026

I as a #freelancer depend very much on your support via #kofi:
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

#illustrations
©S F Wirth, AI assisted

Journal of Plant Ecology Apr 9

#HumanActivities exert a more significant influence on soil multifunctionality (SMF) than #ClimateChange in China’s #Drylands, and well-planned ecological restoration was likely to sustain and enhance SMF over time, particularly in hyper-arid areas.

#GrainForGreen | #Fencing | #EcologicalEngineering | #SoilFunctions

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf165