As smog levels in northern China reach historic levels, millions are learning to live with what has been dubbed “airpocalypse.” “Physically, if I don’t wear a [face] mask when I go out I feel dizzy and have problems breathing,” Jiang…
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As smog levels in northern China reach historic levels, millions are learning to live with what has been dubbed “airpocalypse.” “Physically, if I don’t wear a [face] mask when I go out I feel dizzy and have problems breathing,” Jiang…
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In this episode of Earth Expeditions our team takes a look at air quality in a joint field study between NASA and the Republic of Korea to advance the ability to monitor air pollution from space. For more information: http://www.nasa.gov/content/2016-earth-expeditions-korus-aq
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Subscribe to France 24 now : http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Species are disappearing faster than at any time since the dinosaurs’ demise. Scientists are calling it the sixth mass extinction and it’s…
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Massive extinctions took place millions of years ago, so long ago that life had time to start again from zero, leaving behind creatures that were lost forever in the transformations suffered by a young, inexpert and changing. We are the…
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The appearance of man would change the planet forever. It was a complex species capable of interpreting its surroundings in a way no other species had ever done. The natural world became an enemy to be defeated. Intelligence compensated for…
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“Tracking Lost Heritage: The ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives” Alison Cuneo (ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives, USA) Presented at Culture in Crisis II, an International Conference at the Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in collaboration with the Victoria and…
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Destruction of Syria and Iraq’s historical sites by ISIS has prompted an outpouring of international concern. In this video clip, Katharyn Hanson, Visiting Scholar from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Cultural Heritage Center, discusses the destruction of a Assyrian…
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Residents of the historic Bo-Kaap neighborhood in Cape Town say the area is at risk of losing its cultural heritage. The main reason is high earners moving in to buy and renovate properties. The Bo-Kaap has been recognised by the…
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Difference between renewable and nonrenewable energy? differencebetween difference between renewable and non renewable resources . Renewable vs non renewable resources nature has gifted us with a lot of products without which we would not be in the conditions we are…
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February 13, 2015 The drought in Brazil has increased the risk of an energy shortage in the country. Businesses and people are already looking for other options. CCTV America’s Paulo Cabral reported this story from Sao Paulo.
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Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris — and not just in some theoretical way. We’re going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven’t yet grappled with the problems associated with creating…
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Autonomous vehicles are now appearing on our roadways. This session will look at the new risks they pose—including ethics or value judgments that have no clear consensus—and how those risks could be managed, including what existing law might say about…
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Talking about some of the risks of Artificial Intelligence and how we could avoid some of them!
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A short film exploring humanities unsustainable development with an introduction to the Anthropocene Era.
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Bolivia has tens of thousands of child laborers. The Child Labor Law was passed two years ago, where children from 10 years old can legally work for 6 hours a day. The controversial law has been internationally derired but Bolivia…
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Originally published on 27 May, 2016 Sign up for a free trial of News Direct’s news animations at http://newsdirect.nextanimation.com.tw/Reuters.aspx —————————————-—————————————-—————- According to a 119-page Human Rights Watch report released on Wednesday, thousands of children as young as 8 years old…
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The project Promoting Childhood was a partnership between the NGO World Vision and the Telefonica Foundation to remove children from child labor. Its performance was through four areas: raising awareness of people to the subject, direct action with children and…
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