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File photo of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle fuel tank and engine are seen in Frederick Maryland. GARY CAMERON/REUTERS

A couple rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Harley Davidson riders take a break during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A couple rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A Harley Davidson rider talks on the phone at a hotel during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A woman sits on a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Harley Davidson logo is seen during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Harley Davidson riders attend at the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A man rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A man rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle along a tunnel during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A Harley Davidson rider urinates as he takes a break during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A Harley Davidson rider dances as he takes a break during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Harley Davidson riders pose for a group picture during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A woman takes a picture of a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A woman rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle as she attends the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A man rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A couple rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A man rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Harley Davidson rider takes a break during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Local residents look at a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Harley Davidson riders pose for a picture during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A local boy wearing a helmet poses next to a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Local resident looks on as Harley Davidson motorcycles pass by during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A man wearing a skeleton mask prepares to ride a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Combination picture shows the backs of motorcycles riders' jackets as they attend the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A couple rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle during the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Denmark Zoo สวนสัตว์เดนมาร์ก

      by   นายไพฑูรย์  แย้มประสวน  
            ครูชำนาญการพิเศษ สาระเทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศ
            กลุ่มการงานอาชีพและเทคโนโลยี 
            แปลเรียบเรียงจาก http://bigpicture.ru

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มีภาพที่อาจไม่พึงพอใจในการับชม 

A Copenhagen zoo in Denmark killed a young giraffe named Marius with a bolt gun and fed its meat to the lions on Sunday, saying the animal was “unwanted.” Marius was given its favorite meal of rye bread by a keeper – and then shot in the head by a vet. 

สวนสัตว์ กรุงโคเปนเฮเกน ประเทศเดนมาร์ก  ได้สังหารชีวิตยีราฟวัยรุ่น ชื่อ มาเรียส  ด้วยปืนยิงสลบ bolt gun (เป็นปืนที่ใช้ยิงสัตว์ใหญ่ๆ อาทิ วัว ควาย ม้า ... ที่ตรงหน้าผาก และทำให้สัตว์หมดสติ ก่อนจะนำไปฆ่า... บางทีเรียกว่า ปืนสายฟ้า ..เพราะโป้งเดียวจอด เหมือนโดนสายฟ้าฟาด ประมาณนั้น)  แล้วนำเนื้อไปเลี้ยงสิงโต ในวันหยุดสุดสัปดาห์ (ที่ผู้คน ครอบครัว ลูกเด็กเล็กแดง แห่มาชมสวนสัตว์กันตรึม)  สวนสัตว์บอกว่า ยีราฟมาเรียส  ไม่เป็นที่พึงปรารถนาอีกแล้ว  ...กรรมวิธีสังหารก็ง่ายๆ ไม่ซับซ้อน... ก็แค่เลี้ยงอาหารมื้อสุดท้ายที่ยีราฟตัวนี้โปรดปราน... ขนมปังที่ทำจากข้าวไรย์  หลังจากนั้นก็ให้สัตวแพทย์จ่อยิงหัวมันด้วยปืนยิงสลบ..




The death of Marius, an 18-month-old giraffe considered useless for breeding because his genes were too common, was followed by his dissection in front of a large crowd, including fascinated-looking children, prompting outrage and protests around the world. 

สวนสัตว์ พิจารณาแล้วเห็นว่า ยีราฟวัยรุ่น มาเรียส  สมควรตาย... เพราะยีนส์ของมันช่างแสนจะธรรมดาๆ ...มันจึงไร้ค่าที่จะมีชีวิตอยู่ต่อไปเพื่อมีลูกมีหลาน... มันจึงต้องชะตาขาดถึงฆาต ... หลังจากนั้นร่างของมันก็จะถูกชำแหละต่อหน้ามวลมหาประชาชน...รวมถึงเด็กๆ ที่มาเข้าชมสวนสัตว์ที่คงจะต้องทึ่งกับกิจกรรมนี้เป็นแน่แท้... แต่สวนสัตว์แห่งนี้ก็คาดการณ์ผิดโดยสิ้นเชิง เพราะได้รับการคัดค้านจากผู้คนทั่วโลก

Canada Shark Fins

They don’t just club seals to death in Canada, they also catch sharks for their fins. The fins are used in the famous shark fin soup from Asia. The soup is seen as a symbol of power, wealth and prestige and as more and more people, especially in China, start making loads of money the demand for shark fin soup continues to grow. The sad thing is that the fins only provide the texture of the soup and none of the flavor. Make of this what you will, but to me personally it is just a sad sight to see such majestic animals killed for their fins because some guy on the other side of the world wants to show off.

A sister ship of the Ocean Sunset is pictured fishing off of Ucluelet, British Columbia. The Ocean Sunset is a commercial fishing boat that hunts sharks as well as other fish for their meat and fins. After the fishermen catch them, dogfish sharks are sent to a processing plant, the fins are removed and the body is skinned. The bellies are exported to Germany to be smoked for pub food, and the fins are sent to Asia, where they are used in shark fin soup - a delicacy in Chinese culture. Animal rights advocates criticise the shark fin harvest but others say that eating shark fins is an old cultural tradition. BEN NELMS/REUTERS

TOYOTA ROCK STARS

The American Division of Toyota has Presented Tuning packages for SUV 4Runner, Tacoma and Tundra, Which Were Called Rock Star, Like No Other, and Taco respectively. In the first Two Cases, Toyota, likely Plays A passable ability to name Their cars ("rock star" and "unique"), in the latter case hints at a popular Mexican cuisine.

Trinity Received A Special Pendant Firm Bilstein, protection of housing, the gear lever and salon logo mats TRD, as well as painted in black alloy Wheels and A Stylized inscription on Toyota Grille reminiscent of the Classic off-road Brand. For all Vehicles in the lineup are three types of paint finishes: Inferno (red), Black (black) and Super White (white).

Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro Series. (Toyota Motor Corporation)

Robots-2 หุ่นยนต์

               

by   Teacher Phaitoon  Yaemprasuan   : occupatech@gmail.com

SOURCE :  www.boston.com/bigpicture

Scientists, students and corporations continue their work around the world in the field of robotics, persistently improving and redefining their capabilities, interfaces and roles in society. Unmanned vehicles fly above war zones, telerobotics give humans a broader virtual presence and humanoid robots gain more parity with humans, refining their movements and responses. Collected here are a handful of recent photographs of robotics in use around the world. 
นักวิทยาศาสตร์  นิสิต นักศึกษา  และบริษัททั้งหลาย  มุ่งหน้าภารกิจการงานของพวกเขาทั่วโลกด้วยการใช้เทคโนโลยีหุ่นยนต์  ยานไร้คนขับบินอยู่เหนือโซนการสู้รบ  รวมทั้งหุ่นยนต์ที่มีความสามารถแทนคน

 

Picture of the iCub robot taken on July 1, 2009 during a presentation at the Bron research institute near Lyon, France, part of an EU-funded Robot Cub project. The iCub robots are about the size of three-year-old children, with highly dexterous hands and fully articulated heads and eyes. They have hearing and touch capabilities and are designed to be able to crawl on all fours and to sit up. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) 

 iCup  หุ่นยนต์แห่งฝรั่งเศส  ขนาดเท่ากับเด็กอายุ 3 ขวบ 

Datsun redi-Go:

Datsun Redi-GO Concept. (Nissan Motor Company)

Robots-1 หุ่นยนต์

  Teacher  Phaitoon  Yaemprasuan
          Occupation and Technology Group

SOURCE :  http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html

Robotic systems continue to evolve ระบบหุ่นยนต์ได้ทะยอยมาเกี่ยวข้อง, slowly penetrating many areas of our lives รุกคืบมาอย่างช้าๆ ในหลายๆ มิติของชีวิตพวกเรา, from manufacturing ตั้งแต่การผลิต, medicine and remote exploration to entertainment การแพทย์  การสำรวจระยะไกล  ไปจนถึงการบันเทิง, security and personal assistance. การรักษาความปลอดภัย ไปจนถึงการช่วยเหลือส่วนบุคคล Developers in Japan are currently building robots to assist the elderly  นักพัฒนาหุ่นยนต์ของญี่ปุ่นกำลังสร้างหุ่นยนต์มาช่วยเหลือคนชรา (ตอนนี้ญี่ปุ่นมีคนสูงอายุในสัดส่วนที่มาก), while NASA develops the next generation of space explorers  ขณะที่องค์การบริหารการบินและอวกาศแห่งชาติอเมริกา (นาซ่า) กำลังพัฒนาหุ่นยนต์สำรวจอวกาศรุ่นใหม่ๆ , and artists are exploring new avenues of entertainment. ขณะที่พวกศิลปินก็กำลังพัฒนาหุ่นยนต์ที่จะใช้ในวงการบันเทิง  Collected here are a handful of images of our recent robotic past  บรรดาภาพ/เรื่องราว ที่เอามาเสนอนี้ ก็คือเส้นทางการพัฒนาหุ่นยนต์ที่ผ่านมา, and perhaps a glimpse into the near future. และบางทีก็อาจจะเป็นไปได้ในอนาคตด้วย

Twendy-One demonstrates its ability to hold delicate objects by manipulating a drinking straw between its fingers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering laboratory in Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. The sophisticated robot has been developed by the university's team, led by Dr. Shigeki Sugano, in hope of supporting people in aging societies.   (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) เจ้าหุ่นยนต์ ทเวนตี้วัน  โชว์ความสามารถในการหยิบวัตถุเล็กๆ ที่หยิบยากๆ  เช่นหลอดกาแฟ  ณ  ภาควิชาวิศวกรรมเครื่องกล มหาวิทยาลัยวาเซดะ  กรุงโตเกียว ประเทศญี่ปุ่น  14 มกราคม 2009 
.....หุ่นยนต์นี้คาดว่าจะช่วยเหลือคนชราได้

Feeding 7 billion and our fragile environment

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/feeding_7_billion.html

Feeding 7 billion and our fragile environment

According to projections by the United Nations, the world population has reached 7 billion and continues to grow rapidly.  While more people are living longer and healthier lives, gaps are widening between the rich and the poor in some nations and tens of millions of people are vulnerable to food and water shortages.  There is, of course, the issue of the impact of that sheer number on the environment, including pollution, waste disposal, use of natural resources and food production.  This post focuses on wheat and the effect of our numbers on the environment.  Wheat is the most important cereal in the world and along with rice and corn accounts for about 73 percent of all cereal production.  It isn't surprising that 7 billion people have a lasting impact on our world's natural resources and the environment in which we live. -- Paula Nelson 

One of the world's breadbaskets lies in the prairies of Canada. This stalk, near Lethbridge, Alberta, helps form the foundation for the most important food product in the world: cereal grains. (Todd Korol/Reuters)

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A worker carries an air filter during wheat harvest on the Stephen and Brian Vandervalk farm near Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada. The nation is the world's third-largest exporter of wheat, producing annually an average of over 24 million tons. Only the United States and Australia export more. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Wheat is dumped into a grain truck for transport. The biggest importer of Canada wheat annually is often the United States, itself a major exporter. Canadian farmers have also increased exports to such nations as Iraq and Saudi Arabia. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Combines harvest wheat on Stephen and Brian Vandervalk's farm near Fort MacLeod,, Alberta. Among grains, only rice is consumed in great quantities than wheat. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Wheat is harvested in Alberta this fall. The United Nations predicts the world's population will grow to about 9 billion by 2050. With no increase in arable land expected, a collection of private foundations, government agencies, and the United Nations are seeking ways to boost production in such crops as wheat. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Storage bins hold tons of wheat before being sold. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Dan Laramee walks on grain railway cars as he loads wheat from the Canadian prairies at the Pioneer grain elevator in Carseland, Alberta, on Oct. 2. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Dan Laramee walks between grain railway cars as he loads wheat from the Canadian prairies at the Pioneer grain elevator in Alberta, Oct. 2. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Massive grain elevators hold wheat before it is transferred onto railway cars in Carseland, Alberta. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Grain inspector Jim Dolan inspects wheat from the Canadian prairies at the Pioneer grain elevator in Carseland, Alberta. For decades, the world's focus has been more on distributing food aid, including excess grains, to poor nations. Over the last few years, that focus has shifted toward better positioning poor farmers to feed themselves, according to Reuters. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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A display case in the quality control room at the Alliance Grain Terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia. With the stumbling economy hindering government efforts to boost production and distribution, such private groups as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation are becoming more involved in agricultural research and development. (Ben Nelms/Reuters) #

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Dan Lizee, operation manager, picks up a handful of wheat off the conveyor belts that transfer the grain from trains to cargo ships at the Alliance Grain Terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Ben Nelms/Reuters) #

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Huub Woolvrik unloads wheat at the Stephen and Brian Vandervalk farm in Alberta. Wheat is the most important cereal in the world and along with rice and corn accounts for about 73 percent of world cereal production. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Rail cars loaded with Canadian wheat travel through the Rocky Mountains on the Canadian Pacific railway line near Banff, Alberta. (Todd Korol/Reuters) #

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Wheat is transferred from a train to the cargo ship 'Jork' at the Alliance Grain Terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Ben Nelms/Reuters) #

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A cargo ship plies the Strait of Georgia off Vancouver, British Columbia. Grain exports from Canada and the United States are pieces of the puzzle on how the world is going to feed its growing population. "We are talking about adding 2.6 billion people between now and 2050. That is two Chinas," Robert Thompson, former director of rural development for the World Bank, told Reuters. "We have to raise productivity. I think we can do it all if we invest enough in research. But at the moment we aren't." (Ben Nelms/Reuters) #

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Men clean up engine fuel from a refrigerator ship that ran aground near Algeciras, southern Spain, in 2007. The environment provides trillions of dollars in benefits to the global economy, the United Nations says, yet many of these benefits are under threat from pollution. (Anton Meres/Reuters) #

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A farmer takes water from a dying pond to irrigate his vegetable field on the outskirts of Yingtan in China. (Reuters) #

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A worker removes dead fish from a lake in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, in 2007. Mankind's immense pressure on the planet is causing the fastest extinction of species in millions of years and is rapidly heating up the planet, threatening more extreme weather, according to scientists. (Reuters) #

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The snow and bitter waters cannot keep this swimmer from the waters near Athens in 2008. (Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters) #

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A Hindu devotee wraps a piece of clothing around himself after a ritual dip in the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi in 2010. The United Nations warns that the problems of pollution, deforestation, and climate change are expected to worsen as the world's population climbs. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters) #

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A boy swims in the polluted waters of Manila Bay in the Philippines in 2010. "Manila Bay has become a huge floating dump for the whole of metro Manila,'' said one Greenpeace worker. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters) #

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Oil is burned off the surface of the water near the source of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana last summer. The US government estimates that 206 million gallons of oil were released by BP's well a mile beneath the sea. Tens of billions of dollars have been spent or committed by BP on cleaning up the devastation and compensating victims. (Lee Celano/Reuters) #

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Deforestation such as found on Indonesia's Sumatra island leads to depleted resources and increased greenhouse gases, the United Nations says. (Beawiharta/Reuters) #

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Pigeons and dust cloud a street in Kuwait City in 2008. The world's mean temperatures continue to rise, say UN scientists. (Stephanie McGehee/Reuters) #

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Two youths frolic at a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, in China. The resort city has been the site of large algae blooms. (Nir Elias/Reuters) #

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Medical workers use a Geiger counter to screen a woman for possible radiation exposure at a public welfare centre in Hitachi City, Ibaraki, March 16, 2011. Man's solutions to provide energy to the growing population, such as nuclear powered plants, can have serious consequences when systems fail. #

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A motorcyclist turns back due to intense heat while passing through haze near burnt peat land in Rokan Hilir, Indonesia's Riau province in 2005. (Beawiharta/Reuters) #

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A garbage collector carries a sack as he walks atop a massive pile of garbage at the Bloemendhal dump in central Colombo in 2009. (David Gray/Reuters) #

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Gasoline prices at a station near Lindbergh Field as a plane approaches landing in San Diego, California, in 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters) #

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Steam billows from the cooling towers of Vattenfall's Jaenschwalde brown coal power station on a lake near Cottbus, eastern Germany in 2009. (Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters) #

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A man works at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province in 2010. (Reuters) #

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A laborer takes a break from his work at a brick factory at Togga village on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Chandigarh in 2009. (Ajay Verma/Reuters) #

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The Haibowan coal-fired power plant on the outskirts of Wuhai in China's northern Inner Mongolia region in 2009. (Jason Lee/Reuters) #

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A male polar bear carries the head of a polar bear cub it killed and cannibalized in an area about 300 km (186 miles) north of the Canadian town of Churchill in 2009. Food supplies for polar bears are being affected by rising temperatures and melting ice. (Iain D. Williams/Reuters) #

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This image taken by NASA's Aqua satellite in 2008 shows the state of Arctic sea ice. Mankind's immense pressure on the planet is causing the fastest extinction of species in millions of years and is rapidly heating up the planet, threatening more extreme weather. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio) #