The End of Maple? Maple Sugaring Amid a Changing Climate | Audubon Vermont

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Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ – and heat untouched areas 6km away — Palm Oil Detectives

Sally Thompson, The University of Western Australia; Débora Corrêa, The University of Western Australia; John Duncan, The University of Western Australia, and Octavia Crompton, Duke University Forests directly cool the planet, like natural evaporative air conditioners. So what happens when you cut them down? In tropical countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and the Congo, rapid […]

Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ – and heat untouched areas 6km away — Palm Oil Detectives

Covid cases at an all-time high, free testing scrapped… so what will happen now? | Coronavirus | The Guardian (Me: Brits seem bent on messing up struggle against Covid… again)

Almost 5 million people in the UK are now believed to have Covid-19, it was estimated last week – an all-time high figure for the disease which first struck the nation two years ago. Hospital admissions and deaths are also rising but not nearly so sharply, scientists added.

This sharp jump in case numbers is being driven by the virus variant BA.2 which is even more transmissible than the original Omicron version that swept the UK at the beginning of the year.

The latest wave comes just as the government has ended free testing for the virus and as the nation prepares to enjoy its Easter holidays. This prospect raises the fear that further increases in case numbers, followed by rises in hospital admissions and deaths, could afflict the UK.

But as other researchers have pointed out, spring has arrived and warmer weather will allow more and more people to mix out of doors where they are less likely to infect each other. The outcome is unclear, in short. So what is the likely trajectory of the disease for the rest of the year? And what key measures should be taken now to limit the spread of Covid-19?

Should mask-wearing regulations remain strict?

“I don’t think so, unless you are someone who is particularly vulnerable,” says Professor Paul Hunter, of the University of East Anglia. “The latest ONS characteristics survey doesn’t find much benefit of mask wearing any more – though that does not mean masks don’t work. It is probably just that people who haven’t been wearing masks are more likely to have had the infection already and so are less susceptible.”

This point was backed by Professor Rowland Kao, of Edinburgh University. “With all other restrictions pretty much removed, we have very little evidence that cloth masks, such as commonly worn, have much effectiveness against Omicron, due to its higher transmissibility.”

However, the vaccine expert Peter English argues that mask-wearing still has an important role to play in limiting the spread of Covid. “Masks are particular effective for source control – at preventing an infectious person from infecting others. And there are people who remain at high risk from Covid-19. They cannot protect themselves as well as they need to by wearing a mask themselves. They rely on others to protect them by masking up in enclosed public spaces.”

 

Source: Covid cases at an all-time high, free testing scrapped… so what will happen now? | Coronavirus | The Guardian

Alphabet soup for the soul vol.2 -“Z”

Words from Walden

Z is for Zen

“I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats” -Eckhart Tolle

Zen Buddhism holds many truths and philosophies about living and having the best human experience on this planet. However, one philosophy resonates with my soul over any other about awakening. It teaches us that awakening or enlightening if it comes in this life, comes in two ways.

The first way is called Satori, and that is when something clicks. You have an “aha” moment, some form of intuition slams into the back of your head, and you know you have just unearthed a truth that is aligned with your soul and your reasons for being. After that moment, things can never be the same because what you have just learned or witnessed can not be unseen.

The second moment, the one that happened for me, is called Kensho. Kensho happens…

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En cada flor que mi mirada descubre

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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En cada flor que mi mirada descubre, encuentro un motivo, un detalle, una razón, un sentido, una invitación de la vida a palpar la esencia y admirar la forma, a deleitarme con los matices y con los perfumes, a fundirme en ese pulso que uno, a veces, percibe en toda expresión natural. En cada flor, encuentro el cutis de la vida, el aliento de la naturaleza, la energía de la creación. En cada flor que veo en el camino, en los jardines y en la campiña, me descubro y llego a mi interior sin olvidar las formas, hasta que siento la presencia infinita de una energía que da vida. En cada flor.

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