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CO2 is typically thought of as nothing more than a harmful waste product of respiration‚ but it’s actually a driver of mitochondrial energy production‚ and it improves the delivery of oxygen into your […]

by Raheem Kassam‚ The National Pulse: Speaking in Richmond‚ Virginia this evening‚ President Donald J. Trump is expected to take aim at the ongoing border crisis precipitated by President Biden and his government‚ The National Pulse can report. As well as pointing to his historic record on immigration‚ Trump is expected to remark: TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/ […]

by 2nd Smartest Guy in the World‚ 2nd Smartest Guy in the World: Documents authored by Canada’s top intelligence service reveal the long awaited explanation behind the abrupt departure of two virologists from Canada’s top biolaboratory. Canada is under siege. Its government is fully controlled by the technocommunist WEF. Justin Trudeau is a WEF “penetrator” […]

It’s mid-afternoon along Medellín’s Avenida Oriental‚ a traffic-clogged road that scythes through the heart of the second largest Colombian city‚ and Nicolas Pineda is crouched down on his haunches as cars zoom by on both sides. Wrapped up in heavy duty workwear and armed with a machete‚ Pineda is weeding a thick strip of tree-lined greenery running between the lanes. He hacks at a patch of dead‚ browning bush and then pulls up a rogue‚ zig zag-shaped shrub beside his foot. “Es bien bonita‚” grins the 54-year-old‚ evidently pleased with his handiwork. “It’s very clean. That’s what I like to see: a clean‚ green city.” Citizen gardeners at work. Credit: Peter Yeung Pineda has helped to sow and maintain hundreds of thousands of trees and plants across Medellín as part of a people-led scheme to fight back against extreme heat through a network of “Green Corridors” across the city. In the face of a rapidly heating planet‚ the City of Eternal Spring — nicknamed so thanks to its year-round temperate climate — has found a way to keep its cool. Previously‚ Medellín had undergone years of rapid urban expansion‚ which led to a severe urban heat island effect — raising temperatures in the city to significantly higher than in the surrounding suburban and rural areas. Roads and other concrete infrastructure absorb and maintain the sun’s heat for much longer than green infrastructure. “Medellín grew at the expense of green spaces and vegetation‚” says Pilar Vargas‚ a forest engineer working for City Hall. “We built and built and built. There wasn’t a lot of thought about the impact on the climate. It became obvious that had to change.” Tree engineer Pilar Vargas inspecting a flower. Credit: Peter Yeung Efforts began in 2016 under Medellín’s then mayor‚ Federico Gutiérrez (who‚ after completing one term in 2019‚ was re-elected at the end of 2023). The city launched a new approach to its urban development — one that focused on people and plants. The $16.3 million initiative led to the creation of 30 Green Corridors along the city’s roads and waterways‚ improving or producing more than 70 hectares of green space‚ which includes 20 kilometers of shaded routes with cycle lanes and pedestrian paths. These plant and tree-filled spaces — which connect all sorts of green areas such as the curb strips‚ squares‚ parks‚ vertical gardens‚ sidewalks‚ and even some of the seven hills that surround the city — produce fresh‚ cooling air in the face of urban heat. The corridors are also designed to mimic a natural forest with levels of low‚ medium and high plants‚ including native and tropical plants‚ bamboo grasses and palm trees.

Missionary work is hardly a breeze. It's dangerous and sometimes deadly‚ for a variety of reasons‚ to bring both aid and the Gospel of the Lord to people in other parts of the globe. Sadly‚ the families of 11 missionaries are finding that out the hard way. According to the...

The Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were horrific for a multitude of reasons‚ leaving many to ponder how this was possible and how they might have been prevented. We may not have an answer to the former‚ but‚ regarding the latter‚ a recent Israel Defense Forces report might have an...

While the net positive of recent wildlife conservation efforts has been drilled into us since childhood‚ most of us never see or hear of the potential negative consequences of these conservation efforts. Now‚ this doesn't mean these conservation efforts should cease‚ but it does mean we need to understand the...

Is this how you end a war? On Saturday‚ The Times of Israel reported U.S. forces made the first airdrop of supplies over the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip -- roughly 38‚000 meals for the people in the place that elected the terrorist organization that launched the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. U.S....