Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Changing Planet Revealed In Atlas

Posted by Zonk on from the icky-grossness dept.

ring writes "The United Nations Environmental Programme (Unep) has released a new atlas 'One Planet Many People: Atlas of our Changing Environment', to mark World Environment Day (WED). It compares and contrasts spectacular satellite images of the past few decades with contemporary ones." From the BBC article: "Among the transformations highlighted in the atlas are the huge growth of greenhouses in southern Spain, the rapid rise of shrimp farming in Asia and Latin America and the emergence of a giant, shadow puppet-shaped peninsula at the mouth of the Yellow River that has built up through transportation of sediment in the waters."

7 of 150 comments (clear)

  1. UNAmerican by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    What a waste of effort. This whole "UN" fantasy is a joke. We should just let the US do the global work, because we've got all the big bombs, and no quaint old "ethics" to stop us from using them to spread peace and liberty.

    --

    --
    make install -not war

    1. Re:UNAmerican by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

      Nope, I'm a troll :P.

      --

      --
      make install -not war

    2. Re:UNAmerican by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

      Keep laughing, monkey boy - our sophisticated laugh sensors are tracking your GPS coordinates for the next round of liberation.

      --

      --
      make install -not war

    3. Re:UNAmerican by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

      Aha - my sly troll commentary is revealed, by an AC.

      --

      --
      make install -not war

    4. Re:UNAmerican by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

      "When Intelligence Fails, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"
      - Curious George

      --

      --
      make install -not war

    5. Re:UNAmerican by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

      Moderation -1
      40% Troll
      40% Insightful
      20% Flamebait

      Finally a Troll mod that's right on. But what about "Informative", or "Funny"?

      --

      --
      make install -not war

  2. Re:Poor Iraqis by XavierItzmann · · Score: 1, Troll
    The UN estimates war, pests and salt have destroyed 14 million palms. ---bbc.co.uk

    Actually, BBC dearest, Saddam ordered the estuary and the marshes to be dried up:

    http://www.harvard-magazine.com/on-line/010538.htm l
    http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/5981 406.htm
    http://www.waterconserve.info/articles/reader.asp? linkid=22888
    http://www.iraqfoundation.org/projects/edenagain/2 003/ajan/27_wetlands.html

    The BBC makes it sound as if the palms accidentally died as a result of war, when in fact the genocidal dictator purposefully ordered them starved of water.

    The BBC... shielding Saddam from criticism 'til the bitter end.

    --
    The next pasture is always greener