April 23th
Headline : Google doodle marks Earth Day 2022 with stark images of climate crisis
Google, which is not a green company, has posted images on Earth day 2022 to alert about climate change. A set of contrasting images between decades shows us the consequences of global warming, for exemple Mount Kilimanjaro with less ice than 10 years ago and in 1986, the Great Barrier Reef with coral bleaching, deforestation… This year contrasts with last year when Google posted a video to encourage people to take care and plant trees, but this year with the alarming rapport of the IPCC Google wants to raise awareness about climat change even if it is one of the most polluting company.
April 22th : Earth day !
Headline : Law needs to protect UK from spring air pollution increase
Pollution, a « natural » event due to human activities, must be controlled because of its impact on health. In March, scientists discovered plastic particles in the blood and lungs due to pollution. And in spring it is air pollution than can increase the risk to humans. In the UK, air pollution is increasing, scientists have to analyze it every day but analysis used to take weeks. Now three universities control and give them real time analysis. The issue of air pollution is that it contains dangerous substances like ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate and carbon compounds that can cause death.
April 13th
Headline : Poison, persecution and people : why Kenya’s raptor are disappearing
In Kenya, the number of birds is declining, and the bird populatio has decreased by 95 % in 40 years. Conservationists are worried/ concerned about this phenomenon and conclude that human activities have contributed to the decline of raptors. Deforestation to build infrastructures necessary for human population growth has degraded the ecosystem and driven mammals away. But mammals are the food of birds, without food there is no life.