scholarly journals Ecosystems and the Services They Provide

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Molla Mekonnen Alemu
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Life Form ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Past ◽  
Societal Values ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
The Face ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
To Come

Every life form is dependent on ecosystem services for food, water, fiber, ecological regulation and societal values. During the past 50 years, human beings interfered in to the wellbeing of these ecosystems and the services they provide, mainly to fulfill the ever increasing demand of humans. Many ecosystems are being degraded by putting their ecological services in jeopardy and causing considerably irremediable losses of biodiversity from the face of the earth. The degradation of these resources is also expected to grow in the years to come by posing a threat to the wellbeing of humanity in various forms. The threat, therefore, needs a collaborated action from grass root to global level entities and bodies. Strong policy, strategy and institutional frameworks and action plans could also play a role in averting the ongoing degradation of the ecosystem services. This paper is therefore, aimed at highlighting the major ecosystem services and some possible measures that will help to mitigate the degradation of their services.

Foresight, hindsight, IODP and science communicaton

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Cotterill ◽  
Sharon Katz Cooper ◽  
Angela Slagle ◽  
Carl Brenner
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Niels Bohr ◽  
Current Phase ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Ocean Drilling ◽  
The Past ◽  
Societal Relevance ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Future

<p>There aren’t many circumstances that require looking into the future to decide what people will be interested in about the past, while writing in the present. Dr. Roz Coggan wasn’t kidding when she drew a picture of a scientific ocean drilling vessel and labelled it as a Time Machine! So how do we go about communicating the science in the sediments, the cliff-hangers in the cores?</p><p>Since 1966, the scientific community has looked to the oceans, and the natural laboratories hidden beneath them, to answer fundamental questions concerning the composition, structure, and key processes of the Earth, unravelling geochemical, biological, physical, structural, climatic and geohazard-related complexities along the way. As the current phase of scientific ocean drilling (IODP) is drawing to an end, an international team has drafted a new vision for the future of this inspiring and unique program, released officially in Fall 2020.</p><p>The 2050 Science Framework for Scientific Ocean Drilling consists of seven Strategic Objectives and five Flagship Initiatives. Spanning all of these are four Enabling Elements - key facets that facilitate research activities, enhance outputs, and maximise their impact. Enabling Element 1 covers the broader impacts and outreach associated with scientific ocean drilling, including highlighting the societal relevance of its research topics, inspiring and training the next generation of ocean scientists, addressing knowledge sharing and collaborations, and working towards greater diversity and inclusion in geoscience. These are not small issues to address, and overall Enabling Element 1 sets an aspirational target for science communication going forward:</p><p>“Using a variety of social media and web-based platforms, data and results will be broadly disseminated to educators, policymakers, and the public, securing scientific ocean drilling’s position as the authoritative source of information about the Earth system.” (Koppers and Coggon, 2020)</p><p>We believe that with such broad aims, now is the time to formulate large-scale strategies for science communication. By bringing in aspects of strategy and branding, stirred together with a good dose of umbrella narratives, we aim to develop a transmedia approach to science communication, taking different present audiences on unique journeys into the past with an eye on the future. We will need to assess framing and relevance, the power of storytelling to communicate facts, and how best to ensure that our activities contribute to excitement about learning the unfolding stories of the Earth. Now is the perfect time to initiate this effort, and it is hoped that this review of multiple aspects of Science Communication, Public Engagement and branding can help begin these discussions.</p><p>“What is it that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others”. Niels Bohr</p><p><img src="https://contentmanager.copernicus.org/fileStorageProxy.php?f=gepj.9eeeacff500068037360161/sdaolpUECMynit/12UGE&app=m&a=0&c=7695791849a0f9cd39fd62c7511f16b5&ct=x&pn=gepj.elif&d=1" alt=""></p><p>Original illustration by GeoProse from the 2050 From Koppers, A.A.P., and R. Coggon, eds. 2020. Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling: 2050 Framework.</p>

scholarly journals THE ANTHROPOCENE AND THE LONGEVITY REVOLUTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S542-S542
Author(s):  
Moon Choi
Keyword(s):  
Human Longevity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Average Life ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
The Face ◽  
Important Evidence ◽  
Global Population

Abstract The Anthropocene, a term popularized in 2010 by Nobel Prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen, refers to the current epoch during which human beings have begun to have a significant impact on the earth, e.g., the environment and climate change. Global population has grown approximately seven-fold over the past 200 years, while average life expectancy at birth has dramatically increased due to improvements in nutrition, medicine, and technology. The human Longevity Revolution thus provides important evidence of the Anthropocene. Yet, in the face of the Anthropocene, contemporary lifestyles rooted in capitalism–continually seeking more and bigger–are not sustainable; changes are needed for humanity to “live long on the damaged planet.” This presentation will discuss the Longevity Revolution in the context of the theory and previous research on the Anthropocene, then suggest an agenda for future research related to the intersection between the Anthropocene and the Longevity Revolution.

Racial Identities in China: Context and Meaning

1994 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 404-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Dikötter
Keyword(s):  
Yellow River ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Racial Identities ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Face ◽  
Skin Pigment

This yellow river, it so happens, bred a nation identified by its yellow skin pigment. Moreover, this nation also refers to its earliest ancestor as the Yellow Emperor. Today, on the face of the earth, of every five human beings there is one that is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor.

scholarly journals ¿Existe una imagen del futuro? Sobre tiempos, imágenes, mundos otros y Antropoceno

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (53) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Hernando Guarín Martínez ◽  
Marta Jimena Cabrera Ardila
Keyword(s):  
Outer Space ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Paradoxical Movement ◽  
The Future ◽  
To Come

Resumen: Este artículo aborda los modos como las imágenes prefiguran el tiempo por venir, el futuro. En otras palabras, lo que entendemos por el futuro, un tiempo sin historicidad, es articulado en el tiempo presente y corresponde a un paradójico movimiento entre tiempo de nostalgia y tiempo de deseo. Para explorar el tema, abordamos las nociones de profecía y predicción y posteriormente ahondamos en las imágenes técnicas, que son centrales en la producción de la era geológica conocida como Antropoceno. El Antropoceno, en tanto escenario planetario inminente, significa un particular encuentro entre las profecías apocalípticas de las religiones y el pensamiento mítico, y las predicciones catastróficas de las ciencias, derivando en una singular imagen de futuro que pareciera ser un fin y un comienzo a la vez: la conquista del Espacio y la terraformación de otros mundos, donde Marte es una suerte de espejo de la Tierra que proyecta imágenes que son simultáneamente del pasado y del futuro.Palabras Clave: Antropoceno. antropología de la imagen. historicidad. Marte. terraformación ¿Existe una imagen del futuro? Sobre tiempos, imágenes, mundos otros y Antropoceno Abstract: This article explores the ways in which images prefigure times to come, the future. In other words, what we understand as future, a time devoid of historicity, is articulated in the present and corresponds to a paradoxical movement between nostalgia and desire. To delve into the matter, we explore the notions of prophecy and prediction, then we examine technical images, which are key to the production of the geological era known as the Anthropocene. The Anthropoce, seen as an imminent planetary scenario, implies a remarkable encounter between apocalyptic prophecies, mythical thinking, and scientific catastrophic predictions which condensate in a singular image of the future that speaks of beginnings and ends: the conquest of outer space and the terraforming of other worlds where Mars mirrors the Earth and projects images that belong simultaneously to the past and the future.Keywords: Anthopocene. anthropology of the image. historicity. Mars. terraforming EXISTE UMA IMAGEM DO FUTURO? SOBRE TEMPOS, IMAGENS, OUTROS MUNDOS E O ANTROPOCENO Resumo: O artigo aborda os modos como as imagens provém o tempo por vir, o futuro. Em outras palavras, aquilo que entendemos por futuro, um tempo sem historicidade, é articulado no tempo presente e faz parte de um movimento paradoxal entre o tempo da saudade e o tempo do desejo. Para fazer essa abordagem, partimos das noções de profecia e predição, para compreender as imagens técnicas como elementos centrais da visualidade da era geológica conhecida como Antropoceno. Essa era geológica, em quanto cenário planetario iminente, significa um particular encontro entre as profecias apocalípticas das religões e o pensamiento mítico, e as predições catastróficas das ciências, dando lugar a uma singular imagem do futuro que se propõe como um final e um começão ao mesmo tempo: a conquista do Espaço e a terraformação de outros mundos, onde Marte é um tipo de espelho da Terra, que projeta imagens que são do pasado e do futuro ao mesmo tempo.Palavras-chave: Antropoceno. antropologia das imagens. historicidade. Marte. terraformação

Darkside Of The White Flour – Maida

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ganga ◽  
P. M. Mathiyoli ◽  
K. P. Naachimuthu
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Biological Impact ◽  
The Past ◽  
White Flour ◽  
Strong Action ◽  
To Come

Food, which was once a survival need, now transformed into a material of lavishness and comfort. Both the food and food industry underwent drastic changes in the past few decades and the ecological, social, psychological, economical and biological impact it brought about is devastating.All this started when humans got struck in a luxury trap; a trap which is called Wheat in its changed appearance which is widely consumed in the form of refined flour (otherwise called Maida). Maida a waste introduced in the diet of human beings only a few centuries ago managed to evolve into a billion dollar industry and made a permanent mark in the lifestyle of human beings. But the physiological, psychological and ecological impacts caused by this waste already have an adverse effect on the current generations and will definitely take a toll on the generations to come. Despite knowing the damage caused by this waste, no strong action was taken for it, till date.Maida has become a perfect example of self destructing and invasive product to human beings. Still the Homo sapiens have a chance to save themselves from this disaster by changing their existing pattern of life / food habits. The present paper thus discusses the physiological, psychological and ecological impacts of this anthropogenic unhealthy food habits.

William Webb Ellis and the Origins of Rugby Football: The Life and Death of a Victorian Myth

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Four Corners ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Foreign Competitors

In the sense that myth is a reordering of various random elements into an intelligible, useful pattern, a structuring of the past in terms of present priorities, nineteenth-century Englishmen were inveterate myth-makers. As liberal and scientific thought shook the foundations of belief, the Victorians erected gothic spires as monuments to a medieval order of supposedly simple, strong faith. While their industrial masses languished, they extolled the virtues of self-made men. Confronted with foreign competitors and rebellious colonials, they instinctively asserted the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race. In classic myth-making style, the Victorians set about “reorganizing traditional components in the face of new circumstances or, correlatively, in reorganizing new, imported components in the light of tradition.”Myth not only serves self-validating ends; it also provides a cohesive rationale, a fulcrum propelling people towards great achievements. If the Victorians were confident and self-congratulatory, they had cause to be: their material, intellectual, and political accomplishments were many. Not the least of their successes was in the sphere of sports and games, a subject often ignored by historians. Especially in the development of ball games—Association and Rugby football, cricket, lawn tennis, and golf—the Victorians modernized old games, created new ones, and exported them all to the four corners of the earth. Stereotyped as overly-serious folk, they in fact “taught the world to play.”Since sport, more than most forms of human activity, lends itself to myth-making, it is not surprising to find a myth emerging among the late-Victorians having to do with the origins of Rugby football. Like baseball's Doubleday myth, the tale of William Webb Ellis inspiring the distinctive game of rugby is a period piece, reflecting more of the era which gave it birth than of the event to which it referred.

scholarly journals Practical Divinization in Ecologically Threatened Times

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 102-122
Author(s):  
Nanette M. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Development ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Green World

Practical divinization describes the practice of connecting our spiritual and psychological development to conscious participation with the earth. This essay investigates the concept of Christian divinization in dialogue with Jung’s conception of individuation. Historically, the idea of divinization emerged from new concepts of personhood synthesized in the 1st century CE. Examining the ancient roots of personhood illuminates concepts of self and divinization within a contemporary theological and psychological context. Annis Pratt’s analysis of the archetype of “green-world epiphany,” evident in much of the literature written by women in the past three centuries, exemplifies the ethos inherent in practical divinization. A new interpretation of Matthew’s “Worry Not Gospel” imagines a female orientation of the text and further confirms the need for an embodied and fully participatory wisdom in relation to the earth. Practical divinization issues forth a call to action and a cause for hope in the face of ecological crisis.

scholarly journals Education globalization or the globalization of education

2018 ◽  
Vol 222 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-396
Author(s):  
Assist. Prof. Dr. Sevi Fairuz
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Steering Wheel ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Linguistic Term ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Globalization Of Education ◽  
The Cold War

    Globalization is a new phenomenon that has received widespread attention in intellectual circles which erupted - and still does - a broad controversy  and varied opinions. It is not just a linguistic term easily explained or put it in the face of another term, It is this powerful movement that go deep in all directions which are not determined in a particular stage or period . so it resembles a machine that roams the earth treading on everything and caring for nothing,  it does not recognize the traditional boundary between the countries of the world, it's a machine with no steering wheel, its only direction is forward and so it is moves strongly ,growing every day and not understanding nothing except its appetite. Globalization is not a theory developed by a scientist or a philosopher, but it’s the experiences obtained in the years of the past two decades since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Berlin Wall until the present day. A phenomenon that touched all fields to the extent that one is puzzled how to study it and build a knowledge on the subject matter, especially that each author or speaker addresses its analysis from a particular aspect, such as the economic, cultural, political or informative. Globalization covered all aspects of human life, making it awaken minds and leading them to look for a way to upgrade and how to confront and defend cultural identities. The most dangerous aspect ​​globalization can reach is the field of education, because education is the corner stone for all other areas such as culture, politics, economy. Education helps us maintain our Arab identity, thus making it easier for us to face globalization, and so we find ourselves in a crossroads: Globalization of Education, which causes the demise of identity or Breeding of Globalization and taming it for the benefit of our societies, and this is what we are supposed to achieve which requires many mechanisms and challenges not to be underestimated. These mechanisms are what I want my research to address and explain in the hope that it could benefit us to contain the phenomenon of globalization and ensure the permanence of the cultural identity of the Arab and Islamic societies.

scholarly journals Preserve or Destroy?

Oryx ◽  
1955 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mervyn Cowie
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Domestic Animal ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Peace Of Mind ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Face

Why do we try to preserve wild animals? Why do we set aside delightful scenes of nature? Why do we establish open spaces and national parks? Would it not be better to accept here and now that man in his dominion over all the lesser creatures has every right to divest the land of animals, trees, or anything else which may stand in his way, or hinder him in exploiting the earth for the alleged well-being of mankind? Vast sums are spent in the larger continents to control domestic animal diseases; greater sums are spent in denuding the face of the earth of its natural cover, so that there can be more room for cattle, crops, factories and cities, in an attempt to meet the insatiable clamour of millions of human beings. Should we not pause to assess what irreplaceable assets are being endangered by this scramble and to what extent those assets contribute to men's peace of mind?

Revolutionary Russia

1918 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-191
Author(s):  
Simon Litman
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Face ◽  
Historic Development

From tyrannical autocracy to a most radically socialistic régime, from an empire oppressing subjugated peoples to a country proclaiming the principle of “self-determination of nationalities”—such has been the remarkable record of Russia during the past year. These changes, which have come to many as a surprise, were to those acquainted with the ferment permeating Russian life but the logical outcome of Russia's historic development.In order to be able to interpret the trend of recent events there, events which since the overthrow of Tsarism have been moving with such bewildering rapidity, it is necessary to know what have been the forces that have shaped the life of the country. Russian evolution has come through periods of subjugation, through century long struggles for self-assertion against invaders, through many internal uprisings and through successful wars of expansion. Beginning as a small principality in the interior of a plain, Russia spread to the north and to the south, to the west and to the east until she became a world empire, in area the greatest compact country on the face of the earth, occupying 8,505,000 square miles, or larger in size than all of North America, and having a population of over 175,000,000 people.

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