The Brazilian Amazon has lost an area larger than Spain over the past 40 years, according to a major new study.
Since 1985, more than 52 million hectares (520,000 square kilometers) of the Brazilian rainforest have been cleared, an area exceeding the entire territory of Spain. This represents roughly 13 percent of Brazil’s original Amazon vegetation.
The environmental monitoring platform MapBiomas reports that nearly 40 percent of all land conversion for agriculture, mining, and infrastructure in the Brazilian Amazon occurred in just the last four decades, a sharp acceleration compared to the previous five centuries.
Scientists warn that the Amazon is approaching a dangerous tipping point. The rapid deforestation threatens biodiversity, indigenous communities, and global climate stability. As one of the world’s largest carbon sinks and a key regulator of weather patterns, the continued loss of the Amazon has serious implications for the entire planet.
Držitelka Oscara Gwyneth Paltrow se stala tváří reklamní kampaně nového rezidenčního projektu v izraelské Herzliji.
...pro případ, že by někoho omrzela Dubaj a zatoužil po apartmánu u Středozemního moře. 😜
780 arrests nationwide
480 arrests in Paris
277 people placed in police custody in Paris, including 82 minors
219 injured
57 police officers injured
1 dead (24-year-old motorcyclist)
71 municipalities hit by violence
15 cities targeted by looting
🤌 So subtle! King Charles brilliantly roasted Trump
“You recently commented, Mr President, that if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German. Dare I say that if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French,” said Charles III.
The monarch also joked about the reconstruction of the White House, noting that the British had already tried to “renovate” it more than 200 years ago.
He was referring to the War of 1812, when British troops captured Washington, D.C. and set fire in 1814 to several government buildings, including the White House.
Anyone still has a problem with British humor?🥰
Earth’s atmosphere has crossed a historic threshold unseen for more than 3 million years.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels have now surpassed 430 parts per million (ppm): a concentration last experienced during the Pliocene epoch, long before modern humans existed.
This milestone was recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, the world’s longest continuously operating CO₂ monitoring station. In early March, daily averages peaked at 430.60 ppm: a figure climate scientists have tracked with growing concern for decades.
But what does crossing this threshold actually mean?
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric CO₂ levels remained stable around 280 ppm. Today, they stand more than 50% higher, largely due to the burning of fossil fuels, large-scale deforestation, and other industrial activities.
This is far more than just a number: it’s a clear warning signal for the planet.
Approximately 25% of the CO₂ we emit is absorbed by the oceans. As it dissolves, it forms carbonic acid, driving ocean acidification. This process is already weakening shell-forming marine organisms such as corals, plankton, and mollusks — the foundational species of ocean food webs.
Researchers note that the current rate of ocean acidification is likely the fastest seen in at least 300 million years.
Many climate models had projected that CO₂ concentrations would only approach this level under aggressive global mitigation efforts. Instead, we’ve reached it while emissions continue to rise.
If current trends persist, atmospheric CO₂ could exceed 500 ppm by the end of the century, ushering in climate conditions not seen on Earth for tens of millions of years.
["Record-breaking CO2 Levels Recorded for Earth’s Polar Regions." PML]
In the Czech Republic, tourists found a real treasure weighing 7 kg of gold
During a walk on the slopes of Mount Zvičina, they came across a stash of hundreds of gold coins and jewelry.
The treasure was hidden in two containers: one with 598 gold coins from the 19th–20th centuries, the other with dozens of jewelry items. It was likely buried after 1921.
They handed the find over to a museum.
Experts confirmed its authenticity, and the authorities paid the finders about €470,000.
Sometimes honesty really pays off.
Sai Scott Inspects Problems Caused by Crop Burning
THAILAND – 21 February 2026
Sai Scott posted photos showing himself approaching an active agricultural field fire, along with the caption:
“Is this the country that has laws to protect natural resources for all of us? Agricultural burning is illegal because if it’s allowed to spread, it can reach community areas and forests.”
He later added further clarification:
“I need to add to the caption in case some people don’t understand. This is a sugarcane field — burning sugarcane/agricultural burning is illegal because fires are difficult to control and are one of the causes of wildfires. They can spread to conservation areas and reserved forests (degraded forests can later be claimed with land documents), and
residential communities.”
Sai didn't specify the province where the photos were taken.
#Thailand #PM25
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🎬Top 50 mind-bending films
Х users have put together the perfect list for those tired of formulaic, brainless movies. Add this to your bookmarks so you don’t lose it.
These films don’t just make you think — they turn familiar logic inside out and stay with you long after the credits roll.
🎥Incendies
🎥Oldboy
🎥Memento
🎥The Prestige
🎥Fight Club
🎥Perfect Blue
🎥Primer
🎥The Handmaiden
🎥Seven
🎥Mulholland Drive
🎥Predestination
🎥Coherence
🎥Shutter Island
🎥The Vanishing
🎥Arrival
🎥Inception
🎥The Matrix
🎥Enemy
🎥Burning
🎥The Skin I Live In
🎥Parasite
🎥Jacob’s Ladder
🎥Dogtooth
🎥Get Out
🎥The Wailing
🎥Timecrimes
🎥Synecdoche, New York
🎥Donnie Darko
🎥The Game
🎥Moon
🎥Ex Machina
🎥Triangle
🎥The Sixth Sense
🎥Audition
🎥Martyrs
🎥Gone Girl
🎥The Others
🎥Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
🎥The Usual Suspects
🎥Identity
🎥12 Monkeys
🎥Hereditary
🎥Under the Skin
🎥Caché
🎥Frailty
🎥The Mist
🎥Black Swan
🎥Pi
🎥Holy Motors
🎥Enter the Void
Looks like the weekend plans are set.
BREAKING:
𝕏 has officially changed the Iranian flag emoji
It now shows Iran’s historic Lion and Sun flag instead of the Islamic Republic flag, a symbol of the Iranian monarchy, strength, and ancient heritage used officially until the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Say it louder
“Who are the real colonizers” (Muslims)
Without Arab imperialism:
- Egyptians would be Coptic
- Moroccans would be Berber
- Libya and Algeria would be Amazigh
- Syria and Lebanon would be Aramaic speaking and partly Phoenician
- Iraq would be Mesopotamian
- Assyrian, Babylonian
- Sudan would be Nubian
- Tunisia would be Carthaginian Punic or Amazigh
- Iran would be Persian, Zoroastrian
- Kurdistan would be Median, Zoroastrian
- Somalia would be Kosherik
“The Arab conquests erased civilizations and destroyed many cultures. Without Arab imperialism, the Middle East would still remember its own name.
They are the colonizers.”