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Cardinal

Like theRobin, The Cardinal is another bird that is a power symbol.

This radiant red bird portrays perfect symmetry. Most commonly seen with a stylish spikey haircut on the top of its head, a head that is a brighter red than the rest of the body.

Sporting an orange beak, the rest of its face is covered by a black mask to protect it from the sun, identical to most Goldfinches.

 The Cardinal’s head is a more solid red than the rest of the body which has a touch of grey, looking like a painter’s purposeful brushstroke blended it deep into the red. 

Somehow through the striking redness ,  these birds seem to disappear in the green canopy of the bushes.

I often spot a pair in the forest frolicking for fun. The pair are similar and different at the same time. One is the normal red…

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Austin ICU nurse calls latest coronavirus surge “preventable” | The Texas Tribune

Source: Austin ICU nurse calls latest coronavirus surge “preventable” | The Texas Tribune

Facebook ganhou ao menos US $9,5 milhões para promover petróleo e gás em 2020 — « ofensivo » ? !

Barbara Crane Navarro

Pico de anúncios ocorreu após Biden apresentar plano trilionário para renováveis O Facebook ganhou US$ 9,6 milhões em 2020 para promover anúncios pró-combustível fóssil nos EUA, afirma um estudo publicado nesta quinta-feira (5/8). Cerca de 25 mil anúncios destinados a garantir um lugar no futuro para o petróleo e o gás foram vistos pelo menos[…]

Facebook ganhou ao menos US $9,5 milhões para promover petróleo e gás em 2020 —

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Climate Explained: what would happen if we cut down the Amazon rainforest? — Palm Oil Detectives

Barbara Crane Navarro

Gustavo Frazao Sebastian Leuzinger, Auckland University of Technology What would happen if we cut down the entire Amazon rainforest? Could it be replaced by an equal amount of reforestation elsewhere? Removing the entire Amazon rainforest would have myriad consequences, with the most obvious ones possibly not the worst. Most people will first think of the[…]

Climate Explained: what would happen if we cut down the Amazon rainforest? — Palm Oil Detectives

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Climate Solutions Should Not be Ignored

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Scientists worked hard to give us solutions for the climate crisis

We can show our appreciation and reduce our use of plastics

It can’t hurt us when we stop polluting the air

It can’t hurt us when we pay attention to environmental care

Children were not raised with environmental protection awareness on their minds in the past

And now everything in the world is happening so very fast

There is high speed internet and trains

More toxins in the air and acid rain

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It is time for us to build environmental protection awareness in a new and better way

So our children can look forward to seeing a brighter day

Some people say climate change does not require so much attention

It isnot something we should even bother to mention

Are they saying we don’t need to care?

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‘Your child will wait for another child to die.’ Amid Covid-19 surge, Dallas County has no pediatric ICU beds left, county judge says – CNN

Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging and in Dallas County, Texas, there are “zero ICU beds left for children,” county judge Clay Jenkins said in a news conference Friday morning.

“That means if your child’s in a car wreck, if your child has a congenital heart defect or something and needs an ICU bed, or more likely if they have Covid and need an ICU bed, we don’t have one. Your child will wait for another child to die,” Jenkins said. “Your child will just not get on the ventilator, your child will be CareFlighted to Temple or Oklahoma City or wherever we can find them a bed, but they won’t be getting one here unless one clears.”
The judge added no ICU beds have been available for children for at least 24 hours. The Texas Department of State Health Services told CNN the shortage of pediatric ICU beds is related to a shortage in medical staff.

Source: ‘Your child will wait for another child to die.’ Amid Covid-19 surge, Dallas County has no pediatric ICU beds left, county judge says – CNN

It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

July 2021 has earned the unenviable distinction as the world’s hottest month ever recorded, according to new global data released today by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

“In this case, first place is the worst place to be,” said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. “July is typically the world’s warmest month of the year, but July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and month ever recorded. This new record adds to the disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe.”

Source: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration