Where in the World Have New Diseases Emerged?

"What new viruses are emerging in your backyard? 

If you’re a germaphobe, make sure you’re sitting down.

Back in 1999, a woman in California cleaned up rodent droppings in her home. Two weeks later, her liver started failing. Then she started to bleed internally — a hemorrhagic fever that would kill her. Eventually doctors found a new virus in her body, which very likely came from a rat.

A few years later, a man in Arizona went to the hospital. The skin on his legs was infected and dying. Doctors had to amputate. His diagnosis? A new kind of leprosy.

Over in the Midwest, the problem has been new tick-borne diseases, some deadly. And in New England, doctors are dealing with a disease that causes Lyme-like symptoms but is caused by a different bacteria.

The pattern continues across the country and across the world. A spike in new infectious diseases is the new normal.

      Another side effect of humanity’s conquest of the natural world."

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Photo Collection of All African Countries

An alphebetised photo collection of all 54 countries in Africa.

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See Before-and-After Photos of the Changing Environment

"Side-by-side comparisons reveal just how much glaciers, lakes, and snowpacks have been altered by nature and humans.

From the ice sheets of Greenland to the deserts of Arizona, many of the world’s landscapes
have been dramatically transformed as their climate grows warmer and drier. At the same 
time, water use and other human activities have altered many landscapes. NASA has 
accumulated striking photos that show just how much our surroundings have changed. 
Slide across each image to see before and after pictures."

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151229-before-after-earth-features/

This is a great site to show relating to Change - you are able to slide across the images to show the contrast between the before and after images.

Alejandro Duran's 'Washed Up' Sculptures

Alejandro Duran has created sculptures out of trash to raise awareness of environmental issues relating to Sian Ka'an in Mexico.

He identified trash from 50 different countries (from 6 continents) that had washed up at the Sian Ka'an reserve and began to create his photographs.

He won the 2015 Project Launch Juror's Award for Washed Up.

More photos from Washed Up can be found at http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/trash-based-photo-series-mirrors-environment-issues

Modern Pangea

from www.writingprompts.tumblr.com

Trophic Cascade at Yellowstone National Park

One of the most exciting scientific findings of the last 50 years is called a trophic cascade.

A trophic cascade starts at the top of the food chain and tumbles to the bottom. One of the best examples of this happened in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 when wolves were reintroduced.

Watch the video to see how everything changed - even the river!

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The Fly Geyser in Nevada

The Fly Geyser, Nevada USA

Lake Sorvagsvatn

Lake Sorvagsvatn located in Faroe Islands, between Norway and Iceland. It is 30 meters above the Ocean.

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Aerial Views from Around the World

Having trouble finding a source for the photographs, but I tracked the collection down to here - still unsure of the photographer/s

Lake in Pomerania, Poland

Amsterdam, Holland

Bac Son Valley, Vietnam

Barcelona, Spain

Central Park, New York

Dubai, UAE

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Mali, Maldives

Mangroves in New Caledonia

Marina Bay, Dubai, UAE

Longleat, England

Meskendir Valley, Turkey

Mexico City

Niagara Falls

Paris, France

Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Seattle, USA

Shanghai, China

Terraced Rice Fields, China

Tulip fields in the Netherlands

Vatican City

Venice, Italy

Time Slice Photography by Richard Silver

Time Slice is an ongoing series of photographs by Richard Silver that explores how iconic buildings and monuments change in appearance from day into night. Silver shoots some 36 photos at intervals over several hours and then layers them into a final composition. 

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