humanity's impact on earth
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Humanity's Impact on Earth Illustrated in 'Overdevelopment,
Overpopulate, Overshoot'
Say a picture paints a thousand words
So in sending a message about overpopulation, environmental
group Global Population Speak Out decided to do it with a
book of photographs.
Dead Polar Bear: The western fjords on Svalbard, Norway, that normally freeze in winter, remained ice-free all season. This bear headed north, looking for suitable sea ice to hunt on. Finding none, it eventually died. Pic: Ashley Cooper.
National Willamette Forest, Oregon, USA, 99 percent deforested
Fire at oil platform in Golf of Mexico
Java, Indonesia, Most populated island
Container City: Shipping containers, indispensable tool of the globalised consumer economy, reflect the skyline in Singapore, one of the world’s busiest ports. Pic: John Stanmeyer
With aim of “repurpose” part of jungle in Brazil have been burnt
Industrial livestock production in Brazil
Impossible to breath near yellow River in Mangolia
Alberta, Canada- Land destroyed by toxic wastes
Pork-Processing Facility In China
Midway Islands, albatross died of excessive plastic ingestion
Global Warming, iceberg melting in Norway
One of the most powerful and disruptive storms in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina (2005) strikes land. Pic: NASA
Pesticide Spraying Inside A Greenhouse In Nicaragua
Satellite Dishes. The rooftops of Aleppo, Syria, one of the world’s oldest cities, are covered with satellite dishes, linking residents to a globalised consumer culture. Pic: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Toxic Landscape: Aerial view of the tar sands region, where mining operations and tailings ponds are so vast they can be seen from outer space; Alberta, Canada. Pic: Garth Lentz
Landfil in Accra, Ghana, Electronic rubbish pollute 3d world countries
Maldives will sink in 50 years due to Global Warming
South City Mall in Kolkata, India
Ken River oil field, California, exploited since 1899
The book also focuses on families with children. The photograph, taken in the Yemeni city of Hajjah, shows Tahani, eight, with her husband Majed, 27, and his former colleague Ghada class, also eight years with her husband.
Drain Pipe: Tar sands-related tailings ponds are among the largest toxic impoundments on Earth and lie in unlined dykes mere meters from the Athabasca River in northern Alberta. Indigenous communities downstream are fearful of being poisoned by toxic seepage into the food chain. Alberta, Canada. Pic: Garth Lentz
City night in London: Large urban areas like London, U.K. (population 13 million), represent a huge amount of embodied energy in their infrastructure as well as require massive ongoing inputs of energy. Pic: Jason Hawkes.
Tire Dump: End of the road for these tires is a desert dumping ground in Nevada, USA. Pic by Daniel Dancer.
Airplane Contrails: Globalised transportation networks, especially commercial aviation, are a major contributor of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Photo of contrails in the west London sky over the River Thames, London, England. Pic: Ian Wylie.
Indonesian forest transformed into Palm Plantation
British Columbia clear-cut
People jostle for food relief distribution following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)
Slum-dwelling residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, face bleak living conditions in the western hemisphere’s poorest country
Boggest excavator to extract coal in Germany
Massive haul trucks support surface mining operations in the tar sands region of Alberta, Canada, one of the largest known deposits of unconventional (bitumen, in this case) oil resources. (Garth Lentz)
Mexico city, 20 millions people live here
Fighting efforts during the fire at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan
Bangladesh landscape
World biggest diamond mine, Mir, Russia
Night-time Grid: Los Angeles, California, population 15 million typifies America’s consumption-oriented and car dependent culture. Pic: Mike Hedge.
Harvesters In Mato Grosso State, Brazil
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