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Our Earth is becoming unlivable. Can we still turn the tide?
May 19, 2023

We have crossed six of the nine boundaries within which human life on Earth will still be possible for future generations. That is not good news. Can the tide still be turned? The planetary boundaries were discussed on May 9 as part of the Leiden University Green Office's Sustainability Day.

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The first photograph of the entire globe: 50 years on, Blue Marble still inspires
December 7, 2022

December 7 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Blue Marble photograph. The crew of NASA’s Apollo 17 spacecraft – the last manned mission to the Moon – took a photograph of Earth and changed the way we visualised our planet forever.

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The researchers said that governments had consistently failed to address the root cause of climate change: "the overexploitation of the Earth". Credit - www.phys.org
Earth's 'vital signs' worsening as humanity's impact deepens
July 29, 2021

The global economy's business-as-usual approach to climate change has seen Earth's "vital signs" deteriorate to record levels, an influential group of scientists said Wednesday, warning that several climate tipping points were now imminent.

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In Bali, Aboriginal people grow crops in the midst of a diverse tropical forest. EDUCATION IMAGES/UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Just 19% of Earth’s land is still ‘wild,’ analysis suggests
April 23, 2021

Since the 1960s, conservationists have had a standard solution for saving biodiversity: Protect natural areas from human influence.

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Chance played a major role in keeping Earth fit for life
December 16, 2020

A study by the University of Southampton gives a new perspective on why our planet has managed to stay habitable for billions of years—concluding it is almost certainly due, at least in part, to luck.

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Organic matter in nebula could be the source of terrestrial water. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
New insight into the origin of water on the earth
July 24, 2020

Scientists have found the interstellar organic matter could produce an abundant supply of water by heating, suggesting that organic matter could be the source of terrestrial water. There remains a number of mysteries on our planet including the elusive origin of water on the earth.

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