Glacier National Park is rapidly-losing its glaciers via climate change; average glacier size decreasing by 40% over the past 50 years. Since 1910, the number of glaciers has gone from over 100 to just 26. The park is warming at twice the global average: all the glaciers could disappear by 2030.
The Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia is rapidly losing its glaciers due to atmospheric warming, El Niño & volcanic activity. Studies indicate c. 80% of the glaciers' surfaces have disappeared since 1850, with a 50% reduction in ice area & volume in just the last 30 years.
Cumbal is the southernmost active volcano of Colombia.
Caño Cristales in Colombia is a tributary of The Guayabero River; a part of The Orinoco Basin. The red colour is caused by the plant species Rhyncholacis clavigera: they are green when young, then turn yellow & finally various shades of red; clinging to rocks where the river current is faster.
El Tuparro National Natural Park (est. 1970) in Colombia protects savannas & five types of riparian forests, with major rivers. Wildlife includes jaguars, pumas, tapirs, giant otters, Orinoco crocodiles, capybaras & primate species. It is a critical habitat for savanna animals & aquatic life.
Tayrona National Natural Park (est. 1964) in Colombia protects fragile terrestrial & marine ecosystems, which includes coral reefs. The main threat is from destruction of habitats via conflicts between drug cartels fighting over territory. Trump uses drug cartels to silence opposition in Colombia.
Multicoloured tanager in the Andean foothills of Colombia.
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On December 2, 1954, the US-Senate voted 67 to 22 to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy; effectively, ending his influential Fascist crusade. Even though he was not expelled, the censure and loss of his subcommittee chair stripped him of his power. He died in 1957.
Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith protested against the Fascism of Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. Smith delivered a 'Declaration of Conscience' speech on June 1, 1950; condemning his 'selfish political exploitation of fear, bigotry, ignorance and intolerance' on Senate floor.
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A tiny moon reflection on lake surface
Now for some trees and the moon 🌙
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Please stop destroying the ecosystems I depend upon for my existence...
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Outsiders do not possess anathema towards the USA as a whole, but denounce its dysfunctional system that sustains Fascism. There have been (e.g. Rachel Carson) many fine US-citizens speaking out against corporate power, but this is an identical problem in most countries.
Shorthand was invented in 63 BCE by Marcus Tullius Tiro; a slave and secretary to Roman orator Cicero. Designed to record speeches quickly. Known as 'Tironian Notes', this system used abbreviations & symbols to represent words & phrases; evolving into phonetic systems in the 19th century...
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Hooded mountain tanager of Colombia.
Green-and-black fruit-eater of Colombia.
Flame-faced tanager of Colombia.
Crimson-backed tanager of Colombia.
