Sim, existem mais árvores na Terra do que estrelas na Via Láctea! Por mais surpreendente que pareça, a diferença é bastante significativa. Veja os números:
Estrelas na Via Láctea: os astrônomos estimam que nossa galáxia contenha entre 100 bilhões e 400 bilhões de estrelas.
Árvores na Terra: segundo um estudo publicado na revista científica Nature, existem cerca de 3 trilhões de árvores no planeta.
Fazendo as contas, há aproximadamente de 7 a 30 vezes mais árvores na Terra do que estrelas na nossa própria galáxia.
Por que isso parece tão estranho?
Nossa intuição costuma falhar diante de números tão grandes. Quando observamos um céu escuro e limpo, a imensidão do espaço nos dá a sensação de algo praticamente infinito. Já as árvores fazem parte do nosso cotidiano e parecem muito mais fáceis de imaginar e contar.
No entanto, um estudo liderado pela Universidade Yale combinou imagens de satélite com dados de inventários florestais para mapear a cobertura vegetal do planeta. O resultado revelou que o nosso “planeta azul” é, na verdade, incrivelmente verde.
Curiosidade: Apesar de 3 trilhões ser um número gigantesco, o mesmo estudo estimou que a quantidade de árvores na Terra diminuiu cerca de 46% desde o início da civilização humana.
Créditos: IG / oifrancine
⚠️One of the strongest cold outbreaks of 2026 is taking shape across South America
- Widespread frost likely across Argentina, Uruguay, parts of Paraguay and southern Brazil.
- Snow accumulations also possible in Sierras de Córdoba in Argentina and Serra Catarinense, Brazil.
I first started *seriously* reading/collecting comics in the mid-1980s w/the Chris Claremont & John Romita Jr. run on “Uncanny X-Men.” Before then, as a kid, I just sort of “passively” read whatever my parents bought me. But this X-Men run hit me like a sledgehammer…for the 1st time, I was actively pursuing comic books that *I* had a particular interest in.
It started around “Uncanny” #200, which I originally borrowed from a friend in school. After that I was hooked, and not only faithfully purchased the title every month, but hunted down the back-issues all the way to the 180’s. And of course: there were all the related titles, necessary to get the full picture on the current mutant goings-on: “The New Mutants,” “X-Factor,” etc.—but none of these connected w/me the way “Uncanny X-Men” did.
I still collected for a while after JR JR stopped illustrating the title…but while these new artists were great (I mean, Marc Silvestri for one), and Claremont was still on the book, that particular emotional connection I had with the series had simply *departed*. Romita Jr., for whatever reason, just drew these characters in such a way that had tremendous resonance to me personally.
By the time the Jim Lee/Rob Liefeld “proto-Image” sales monolith hit the industry, I was now working at a comic book store myself…but not really reading the “Marvel Mutantverse” books anymore. That’s not a statement/referendum on whether those new books were better/worse…they just didn’t resonate w/me personally at that particular point in my life. And that’s OK; it’s natural. More than natural, maybe it’s also generational.
At any rate: that Claremont/Romita Jr. run was really special to me!
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@EdnStuff@SecretSunBlog It didn't land like this at all for me. It's an odd Spielberg product because we simply expected more from itby him using (muchMUCH) less. It's as though he showed the shark in Jaws in the first 5 minutes of film. Touch disclosure for my taste.
Cosmic photobomb: Earth and Moon in perfect alignment 🌍🌕
Captured by Japan’s Himawari satellite from geostationary orbit (~35,766 km), the Moon appears to peek from behind Earth in a rare, perfectly timed shot.
A striking contrast between Earth’s blue, cloud-covered glow and the Moon’s rugged surface against deep space — a stunning reminder of the elegance of the Earth–Moon system.