Sustainable tourism is one that is committed to having a low impact on the environment and local culture. According to the World Tourism Organization, it is defined as one that "fully takes into account current and future economic, social and environmental repercussions to meet the needs of visitors, industry, the environment and host communities."
Scientists from Arizona State University have just published a study in which they affirm that the custom of painting the roofs of houses white to combat the warming resulting from the expansion of large cities modifies the regional hydroclimate, reducing rainfall.
5% of the world's forests are in Europe and its trees absorb a total of 0.5 gigatons (Gt) of CO2 per year, compared to the 5 Gt emitted by European industry, and directly employ 350,000 workers, according to the Green Book on Forest Protection and Forest Information presented yesterday in Valsaín (Segovia) within the framework of the European Conference on Forest Protection.
A team of Spanish researchers has measured the degradation of the planet's soil from the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), a scientific methodology that analyzes the environmental impact of human activities in which desertification indicators are included for the first time. The results show that 38% of the world is arid areas at risk of desertification.
Physicists at NASA's Ames Research Center in California are developing a new technology that gives the iPhone the ability to "smell" different chemicals.
In the waters of the Pacific between North America and the Hawaiian Islands, there is more than just fish, algae, and plankton. Scientists have located a veritable dump of plastic bags, bottles and caps the size of the Iberian Peninsula.
"Deforestation worries me more than the greenhouse effect" This 52-year-old New Zealander is one of the world's leading specialists on the problem of the greenhouse effect. Since 1971 he has lived in the United States, where he developed the first global model of the ozone layer. Since then, he has written more than 100 articles in scientific journals and directs the Center for the Science of Climate Change at MIT. He confesses to being very concerned about the planet that we will leave to our grandchildren.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
