© www.viewsoftheworld.net The Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from over 60 countries. The Assembly is held every October in Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center, Reykjavík, Iceland. With the … Continue reading → The post Arctic Circles: Geopolitics and Climate Change in the North was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow ...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net The European Waste Framework Directive sets a target of 50 per cent of municipal waste to be prepared for reuse and recycling by 2020 in the European Union. With that year approaching, a look at the most recent European-wide statistics … Continue reading → The post Waste and recycling in Europe was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Facebook. - publication on other websit...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net Cigarette smoking and other uses of tobacco are major contributors to preventable illness and death. A 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) report estimated that around 70 per cent of the adult male population in Russia was smoking. Another WHO study … Continue reading → The post Smoke and mirrors: Smoking Prevalence and Tobacco Advertising Policies was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow ...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net Recent research shows that increasing shortages in honeybees threaten pollination of crops in Europe. Although according to a study covering 41 European countries the overall number of honeybee stocks has increased by 7 per cent between 2005 and 2010 (to … Continue reading → The post Bees in trouble? Honeybee Shortages in Europe was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Face...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net This year July, 29th is Earth Overshoot Day: “Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources (fish and forests, for instance) and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We … Continue reading → The post Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity’s Footprints was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Facebook. - pu...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net Due to its distinct geologic conditions for their formations, the occurrence of diamonds is confined to around 35 countries in the world. While countries such as Australia, India, or Canada focus more on mining industrial diamonds, African countries such as … Continue reading → The post The Diamond Dimensions was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Facebook. - publication ...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net There are approximately 7,000 languages believed to be spoken around the world. Despite this diversity, the majority of the world’s population speaks only a fraction of these languages. The three largest language groups (Mandarin, Spanish, and English) are spoken by … Continue reading → The post Language Diversity was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Facebook. - publi...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net A deeper understanding and better communication of earthquake risk has been a major challenge in geosciences for a long time. The Global Earthquake Model initiative aims to become the world’s most complete source of earthquake risk resources and works towards … Continue reading → The post Danger Zones: Mapping Europe’s Earthquakes was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter o...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net Mining may have been one contributing factors to why Australia as one of the few advanced economies did not go into recession following the global financial crisis 10 years ago. While mining is a profitable business in Australia, once the … Continue reading → The post The Holey Land: Abandoned Mines in Queensland / Australia was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Facebook...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net Football is a truly global phenomenon. Statistics about the real support are problematic, but there are estimates of up to 3.5 billion fans of football globally. A study conducted in 2006 by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), which … Continue reading → The post Sports Report: The globalised world of European football was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me o...| Views of the World