I just lost a chess game against a very strong chessplayer who lives in Harare, Zimbabwe. I looked it up. It's a very nice place.
Zimbabwe is beautiful but it used to be much better.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe#Environmental_issues
Environmental issues
Large parts of Zimbabwe were once covered by forests with abundant wildlife. Deforestation and poaching has reduced the amount of wildlife. Woodland degradation and deforestation, due to population growth, urban expansion and lack of fuel, are major concerns and have led to erosion and land degradation which diminish the amount of fertile soil. Local farmers have also been criticized by environmentalists for burning off vegetation to heat their tobacco barns.
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Humans are destroying this planet and it's going to get worse.
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