I extend my sincere condolences to the family of Peter Hellyer, who served the UAE with devotion for many years and made a lasting impact in the fields of archaeology, the environment and the media. Peter was a model of dedication & generosity, and we pray that he rests in peace.
🌊 Plastic devastates marine ecosystems!
Over 14M tons of plastic end up in oceans annually, harming marine life and causing $13B in damage. It's time to act!
Let's #BeatPlasticPollution and protect our oceans!
Via @GENetwork
👇https://t.co/1slOxaeYgO
After many years of development, the free, self-paced Learning through Citizen Science course we developed with @NatGeoEducation and many others is live!
Read more about it and learn how to enroll here:
https://t.co/fVnhVtsu2y
What would life be like if our eyes were as powerful as microscopes?
Our familiarity with everyday objects — such as this credit card — is rooted in the scale at which we perceive them. By magnifying objects 100x, a strange new world appears. A thread.
Do you struggle with being focused and present?
Here's a 2-minute exercise you can practice in real-time.
All you need to do is slow down and read the thread below.
But make sure you pause 3-5 seconds between each sentence (very important).
Let's see what happens . . .
Tourism provides employment to millions & allows many of us to appreciate the natural world. As we #BuildBackBetter post #COVID19, we have a unique opportunity to build an inclusive and sustainable future for the tourism sector #ForPeopleForPlanet#WTD20#GlobalGoals
Our #LPR2020 is 315 pages long, made up of 70,422 words. So, we’ve also made a bitesize video!
Watch it here and help spread the word of what we need to do to #StandUpForNature 👉 https://t.co/Cr4GUkNM0e
"My relationship with nature began at an early age as I grew up watching my father who, to me, was a naturalist."
More from Dr Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, the secretary-general of @EADTweets https://t.co/4JiwhPRFF2
@doeluvsanimals @all1wannadoisbe Awwww poor thing. Thank you for trying to help! For next time it’s best to contact the turtle rehab Center in Dubai or Emily who works at Jumeriah Saadiyat Island Resort
I didn't think I could love tea more, but I've just discovered that we can use teabags to study carbon capture. The "Tea Bag Index" is a novel approach to collect uniform decomposition data across ecosystems. So cool! https://t.co/W2JpADrE4u