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.
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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.
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National Willamette Forest, Oregon, USA, 99 percent deforested
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Fire at oil platform in Golf of Mexico
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Java, Indonesia, Most populated island
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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
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With aim of “repurpose” part of jungle in Brazil have been burnt
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Industrial livestock production in Brazil
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Impossible to breath near yellow River in Mangolia
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Alberta, Canada- Land destroyed by toxic wastes
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Pork-Processing Facility In China
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Midway Islands, albatross died of excessive plastic ingestion
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Global Warming, iceberg melting in Norway
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One of the most powerful and disruptive storms in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina (2005) strikes land. Pic: NASA
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Pesticide Spraying Inside A Greenhouse In Nicaragua
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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
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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
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Landfil in Accra, Ghana, Electronic rubbish pollute 3d world countries
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Maldives will sink in 50 years due to Global Warming
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South City Mall in Kolkata, India
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Ken River oil field, California, exploited since 1899
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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.
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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
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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.
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Tire Dump: End of the road for these tires is a desert dumping ground in Nevada, USA. Pic by Daniel Dancer.
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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.
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Indonesian forest transformed into Palm Plantation
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British Columbia clear-cut
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People jostle for food relief distribution following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)
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Slum-dwelling residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, face bleak living conditions in the western hemisphere’s poorest country
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Boggest excavator to extract coal in Germany
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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)
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Mexico city, 20 millions people live here
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Fighting efforts during the fire at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan
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Bangladesh landscape
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World biggest diamond mine, Mir, Russia
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Night-time Grid: Los Angeles, California, population 15 million typifies America’s consumption-oriented and car dependent culture. Pic: Mike Hedge.
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Harvesters In Mato Grosso State, Brazil