In the course of everything

The Nobel Prize has the status of the most prestigious award on the planet. It is no exaggeration to say that receiving this award is a 100% guarantee that its owner will go down in history. A Nobel laureate can be a physicist, chemist, scientist who made a discovery in the field of medicine or physiology, the author of an outstanding literary work. A public figure who has made a significant contribution to the abolition of slavery and the rallying of nations is entitled to the Nobel Peace Prize...

Not so long ago, the term "super predator" emerged among biologists and environmentalists. It refers, surprisingly enough, to a person. It is people who have become the most terrible predators on Earth. We're afraid of wolves, but if you compare a man to a wolf, the comparison is probably not in our favor. The objects of wolf hunting are about twenty other species of animals, and human beings have hundreds of thousands. Wolves hunt sick, old and weak animals, they destroy about 10 percent, improving the population...

One of the factors that have a significant impact on human life is climate and weather change. Of course, people can adapt to a wide variety of living conditions, from the Arctic tundra to the African desert, but there are limits to everything. Sharp and short-term changes in weather have serious consequences for human health, wherever people live. Extreme heatwaves or extreme cold spells lead to more frequent heatstroke or hypothermia, as well as an increase in respiratory disease and cardiovascular mortality...

The age of mankind is negligible compared to the age of the Earth. It is difficult for us to understand the speed at which geological processes of our planet take place. It took millions of years for the oceans to form on Earth. Even in order to accumulate a bath, it takes time, so imagine how long it has passed to fill the huge basins that occupy two- thirds of the surface of the planet with water. Scientists believe that the level of the world's oceans was rising by only 1 millimeter per year...

Predictions that oil reserves will soon be depleted are being made almost from the moment when commercial development of this resource began. The first hopeless forecast was made in 1875. John Newberry, the chief geologist of the state of Ohio, stated that the world oil business is on the verge of collapse, oil reserves are almost exhausted. And it was not a single panic speech. His opinion about the shortage of oil was supported by many. It is known that in the 80s of the XIX century, the...