Trees curb climate change directly by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Through the process of photosynthesis, forests offset 10 to 20 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions each year. Additionally, trees help protect against climate impacts such as flooding, which is getting worse with more locally heavy precipitation. By catching rainwater, reducing erosion, and creating more permeable soils, trees help prevent nearly 400 billion gallons of runoff annually in the continental U.S., which is enough water to fill about 600,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
In his Half-Drag series, New York photographer Leland Bobbé captures the two sides of the big apple's drag queens. The extravagantly made-up drag divas and the organic men that lie beneath. "Through the power of hair and makeup these men are able to completely transform themselves and find their female side while simultaneously showing their male side." Identities of the models are composed in camera and NOT by separate images edited in post production and/or photoshop.
New York City's 31st Anual Fleet Week : The yearly invasion of thousands of our brave service men and women in uniform kicked off on May 22 through the 27, 2019 to coincide with Memorial Day Celebration honored the contributions of maritime service men and women. It is also one of the best times to fall in love with a man in uniform! The Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard have been making a social-media splash by encouraging people to snap photos with the troops #FleetWeekNYC – a totally cool idea!
A new genetic analysis of 290 people suggests that humans emerged at various times and places in Africa. Scientists have revealed a surprisingly complex origin of our species, rejecting the long-held argument that modern humans arose from one place in Africa during one period in time. By analyzing the genomes of 290 living people, researchers concluded that modern humans descended from at least two populations that coexisted in Africa for a million years before merging in several independent events across the continent.