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震惊!印度封城后恒河变清澈,意大利港口惊现海豚,疫情导致的“副作用”已经出现?20200419

       

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这场疫情,惩罚了人类,却给了大自然一个休养生息的机会。

在疫情的影响之下,印度总理莫迪宣布全国封城21天,在21天期限结束后他又宣布将全国封锁期限延长至5月3日,在这场把13亿人“关在家中”的措施之下,印度国内的环境却发生了很多不可思议的变化。



据印度媒体4月15日报道,随着大量印度民众居家隔离,印度的母亲河恒河遭受到的各种生活污染、工业污染迅速减少,这条印度的母亲河近日已展现出大自然神奇的净化能力,以往污浊不堪的河水在隔离期间竟已开始慢慢变得清澈干净,恢复了很久未见的纯净。

此前有报道称,恒河水内各种有害细菌含量严重超标,河水可见污染严重,完全不适合人类直接饮用。

印度国内一位名叫乔一什(Joshi)的环境学教授甚至在接受采访时表示:“如今的恒河水已经变得非常干净,在这段时间的净化后,河水已经可以直接饮用。”

“在这段隔离期内,恒河河水内的总溶解固体、工业废水和生活污染等已减少了500%,这是恒河水变得清澈的主要原因”,乔一什教授补充道。

无独有偶,气象学家Santiago分享了意大利的空气质量变化数据:从2月到3月,意大利北部空气中,二氧化氮含量明显下降。
 
同时,欧洲航天局的数据也显示,意大利空气污染下降。
 
受疫情影响,著名的水上城市威尼斯,因游客骤减、市民出行受限,运河的水变得更加清澈了,还能看到小鱼在水里游动。

前段时间,在微博上看到一个新闻:
 
湖北一名经营蔬菜店的男子,疫情期间2个月没开门 ,回到店里发现菜摊变成了“森林”。

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没有土壤,没有阳光,更无人养护,大蒜和洋葱却窜出了嫩芽,萝卜更是长出了近半米高的绿苗……
 
无人问津的蔬菜,放眼望去生长出一片绿。

果然,生命自己就能找到蓬勃之路。

除了空气环境的变化,还有一波调皮的小动物开始“出山”。












在英国威尔士沿海小镇兰迪德诺(Llandudno)空荡宁静的街头上,发现一群带着弯弯长角的山羊悠闲的走进了人类的生活圈。看见许多网友在Twitter上分享,它们排着队走街串巷,丝毫不惧怕似的,犹如生活在自己的家园,自由自在。



封锁后,野猪在巴黎空荡荡的街道上漫游。所有这些野生动物再次出现是因为人们停止了交通出行。
Wild pigs seen roaming the empty streets of Paris since the lockdown went into effect. All these wild animals showing up again because we halted our traffic…


巴黎街头除了乌泱泱的鸽子,如今还多了成双成对的鸭子,夜里还有野猪在巡视!

美国加州的街道上,有郊狼在散步,印度北部的Uttarakhand,有沼泽鹿出没;另外在大白天的城市里还看见了印度麝猫走街呢!瞬间觉得好温馨啊!就缺了人类嘛!

意大利撒丁岛的港口惊现海豚。


在日本,人们看到奈良的小鹿从它们的大本营——奈良公园离开,然后成批成批来到奈良市中心,开始觅食。

疫情是全体人类都需要努力迈过的坎,但也正是因为它,让我们看清楚了曾经被忽略掉的重要部分。

如果可以,希望大自然可以慢慢的恢复成它最美好,最生机勃勃的样子吧。

今天,推荐一部公益短片给大家~《大自然在说话》。

这是一部以大自然为“第一人称”的公益短片,由苹果公司广告人Lee Clow为保护国际基金会创意制作。短片以大自然独特的视角,让人类倾听大自然的声音,引发人类对自己行为的思考,并倡导人类要有关爱环境的意识。

该系列片自2014年10月在美国发布以来便获得了好莱坞最具影响力的演员及公众的持续关注与支持,在视频传入国内后更是引起巨大反响和大众共鸣。

Nature is Speaking (Chinese Version)
大自然在说话(中文版)
(中英文字幕附后)
https://v.qq.com/txp/iframe/player.html?width=500&height=375&auto=0&vid=u0162ix5i1k

Nature is Speaking (English Version)
大自然在说话(英文版)
(Subtitles attached)
https://v.qq.com/txp/iframe/player.html?width=500&height=375&auto=0&vid=d0162gy2tnc

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附英文及中文解说词Subtitles both in English and Chinese
Mother Nature (Julia Roberts)大自然母亲(蒋雯丽)
Some call me nature,有人称我为大自然,others call me “Mother Nature”.也有人,叫我大自然母亲。
I've been here for over 4.5 billion years,我已经度过了四十五亿年,22,500 times longer than you.是你们人类存在时间的两万两千五百倍!
I don't really need people,我并不需要人类,but people need me.人类却离不开我。Yes, your future depends on me.是的,你们的未来取决于我!
When I thrive, you thrive.如果我繁盛,你们也将繁盛;When I falter, you falter.如果我衰败,你们也会衰败!Or worse.甚至更糟。
But I've been here for eons.我已经存在了亿万年,I have fed species greater than you.我养育过比你们强大的多的物种,And I have starved species greater than you.也曾让比你们强大的多的物种因饥饿而死亡。
My oceans. My soil.我的海洋、我的土地、My flowing streams. My forests.我的河流、我的森林,They all can take you or leave you.它们都可以左右人类的存在!
How you choose to live each day,越来越多的人类啊,你们想怎样度过每一天?whether you regard or disregard me,在意我?或者忽略我?doesn't really matter to me. One way or the other.我并不在乎。Your actions will determine your fate.你们的行为决定你们的命运!Not mine.不是我的。
I am nature. I will go on.我是大自然。我将继续存在。I am prepared to evolve.我随时都在进化。Are you?而你们呢?

The Ocean (Harrison Ford)海洋(姜文)
I am the ocean.我是海洋。I'm water.我是水。I'm most of this planet.我覆盖了大部分地球。I shaped it.我创造了它。
Every stream, every cloud, and every raindrop.每一条河、每一朵云、每一滴雨,It all comes back to me.都将回到我的怀抱。
One way or another, every living thing here needs me.地球上所有的生物都离不开我。I'm the source. I'm what they crawled out of.所有的生命都来自于我。Humans?那么人类呢?They're no different.你们也不例外!
I don't owe them a thing.我什么都不欠你们。I give. They take.我一直在付出,而你们一直在获取。But I can always take back.从来如此。That's just the way it's always been.但是我也能随时将一切收回。It's not their planet anyway.毕竟这不是你们的星球,Never was. Never will be.以前不是,以后也不是!
But humans, they take more than their share,人类, 你们不仅贪得无厌,They poison me,还毒害我,then they expect me to feed them.竟然还想让我继续养活你们。Well it doesn't work that way.这怎么可能?
If humans want to exist in nature with me and off of me,如果人类想在大自然中与我共存、赖我而生,I suggest they listen close.我要你们听仔细,I'm only going to say this once.我只说一次。
If nature isn't kept healthy,没有健康的大自然,humans won't survive.人类将走向灭亡。Simple as that.道理就这么简单!
Me? I could give a damn, with or without humans.至于我,有没有人类,不是很有所谓。I'm the ocean.因为我是海洋,I covered this entire planet once.我曾经覆盖过整个地球,And I can always cover it again.我也可以再一次把它全部覆盖。
That's all I have to say.这就是我要说的!

Coral Reef (Ian Somerhalder)珊瑚礁(甄子丹)
I am coral.我是珊瑚礁。
Some people think I'm just a rock.有人说我只是石头。When, in fact, I'm the largest thing alive on this planet.事实上,我是这个星球上最庞大的生物。I'm so big. I can be seen from space.大到从太空都可以看见我。But for how long?不过你们还能看到多久呢?
I grew for almost 250 million years and humans came along我存在了两亿五千万年之后,你们才出现,and now one fifth of me is gone.但是,从那时起到现在,你们已经带走了我的五分之一。
Sure, l live at the bottom of the sea.我生活在海底,And you might not see me that often.你们很少见得到我。But you do need me.但你们真的需要我。
Do you realize that one quarter of all marine life depends on me?你们知道有四分之一的海洋生物都赖我而生吗?I am the nursery of the sea.我呵护着它们。Little fish depend on me for food and to hide from the big fish.不仅为小鱼提供食物,还帮助它们躲避大鱼。
And guess who eats the big fish?那又是谁把大鱼吃了?That's right. You do.没错。就是你们!
I'm the protein factory for the world.我为你们制造蛋白质,Yet you raise the temperature of the ocean你们却让海洋温度不断升高,so I can't live here anymore.使我无法继续生存。
And when big storms and tsunamis barrel through the ocean,我为你们抵挡风暴、海啸,I'm your fortress.是海洋中的堡垒。Yet you tear me apart with dynamite你们却用炸药撕碎我,and poison me with cyanide.用氰化物毒害我。
Well, here's a crazy thought:请允许我大胆说一句:Stop killing me.停止毁灭我。

Water (Penélope Cruz)水(周迅)
I am water.我是水
To humans, I am simply just there.对于人类来说,我司空见惯,I'm something they just take for granted.理所当然。But there is only so much of me.但是,我是非常有限的。And more and more of them every single day.而人类的数量却每天都在增长。
I start as rain in the mountains我化身为雨水,落入山中,flow to the rivers and streams.流进小溪与河流,And end up in the ocean.最终,汇入大海。
Then the cycle begins again.让我回到起始的形态,And it will take me 10,000 years to get back to the state I am in now.有时需要一万年的时间。But to humans?然而对于人类来说,I'm just water.我只是水。Just there.理所当然就应该存在。
Where will humans find me when there are billions more of them around?如果人口再增加几十亿,人类还能找到我吗?Where will they find themselves?他们自己又将如何生存呢?
Will they wage wars over me?人类为了争夺各种资源而陷入战争,Like they do over everything else?未来他们是否会为了争夺我而又发起战争呢?
That's always an option.那倒也是一种选择,But it's not the only option.但并非唯一选择。

The Soil (Edward Norton)土地(陈建斌)
I am the soil.我是土地。
I am in the hills, and in the valleys, thefarms, the orchards.我在高山上、山谷中、农场里、果园间,Without me humans could not exist.没有我,人类无法生存,But you treat me like dirt.而你们却把我看得一文不值。
Do you realize that你们可曾意识到,I am just a thin skin on this planet?我就好像这地球的皮肤只有薄薄的一层?
And that I'm actually alive,我也是有生命的。full of organisms that grow your food.你们的食物能够生长,全靠我提供丰富的营养。
But I am broken, aching, overused, sick.但是我被你们过度利用、过度开发,被侮辱,被损害,Because of you.就是因为你们,You have withered me away to less than half of what I used to be just over 100 years ago.我只剩下不及一百年前一半的厚度。
Are you paying attention?你们注意到了吗?I am turning to dust.我正在逐渐化为一片荒芜。So maybe you could treat me with a little more respect.或许你们能够对我多一些尊重吧?I suppose you still want to eat, right?我猜你们不想饿肚子,对吧?

Flower (Lupita Nyong’o)花(汤唯)
I am a flower.我是花。
Yes, I'm beautiful. I've heard it before and it never grows old.人们常说我很美。I'm worshiped for my looks, my scent, my looks.我知道,你们喜欢我,迷恋我,我的外表。But here's the thing.但是你们别忘了,Life starts with me.没有我,生命无从谈起。
You see I feed people.想想看,谁在哺育你们?是我。Every fruit comes from me.每个水果来自于我,Every potato. Me.每颗麦子也来自于我,Every kernel of corn. Me.每个土豆,Every grain of rice. Me.每粒米,Me, me, me, I know.都来自于我!But it's true.难道不是么?
And sometimes I feed their souls.有些时候,你们的心灵,也会需要我。I am their words when they have none.当你无法表达爱的时候,我可以轻而易举地帮你说出,I say “I love you,” without a sound. “I'msorry,” without a voice.对不起,还有,我爱你。
I inspire the greatest of them.那些不朽的创作,Painters, poets, pattern makers. I've been a muse to them all.我更是你们灵魂的源泉。
But in my experience,可惜,即便如此,people underestimate the power of a pretty little flower.你们仍然低估了一朵美丽的小花。Because their life有没有人告诉过你?does start with me and it could end without me.我没了,你们也就没了。

Rainforest (Kevin Spacey)雨林(葛优)(中文在海洋后面)
I am the rainforest.我是雨林。
I watched them grow up here.我曾看着人类在我的怀抱中成长,They've left.后来他们离开了我,But they always come back.但他们还会回来。
Yes, they always come back.是的,他们不断地回来。For my trees, their wood.为了获取我的树木作为木材;My plants, their medicines.为了采集我的植物充当药材;For my beauty, their escape.我的美景是他们的世外桃源。
I've always been there for them我有求必应,and I have been more than generous.我慷慨大方,Sometimes I gave it all to them.甚至可以付出全部。Now gone forever.现在这一切一去不返。
But humans,人类啊,they're so smart.他们很聪明,So smart.真的很聪明:Such big brains and opposable thumbs.智慧的大脑,灵巧的双手。They know how to make things.他们善于创造,Amazing things.了不起的创造。
Now, why would they need an old forest like me anymore?那他们还需要我做什么呢?Jungles? Trees?是需要我的丛林?还是树木?到底为什么呢?
Well, they do breathe air.嗯,我想想。对了,他们总得呼吸吧。And I make air.而我呢?我制造氧气。Have they thought about that?他们意识到这件事了吗?Humans, so smart. They'll figure it out.人类那么聪明,他们总有一天会想明白的。
Humans making air.人类制造氧气。That'll be fun to watch.那可太有意思了。

Redwood (Robert Redford)红木(濮存昕)
How come you're so smart?爷爷,你怎么什么都知道?
Kid, I've been around a really long time.那当然。孩子,我已经活了很久很久。As a matter of fact, our kind has been around longer than just about anything.可以说,我们是这个世界上最古老的生物了。I've seen just about everything.我大概,什么都见识过。
Really? Like what?真的?比如呢?
Well, I've seen weather.比如气候吧,All kinds of weather.各式各样的。
And lots of critters?也见过好多好多动物吗?
Yeah.当然了。At first there were just some bugs and spiders,最早的时候就是些昆虫和蜘蛛,then some mice and rats, and some rabbits and bears, and skunks.后来就有了兔子和熊,天上还飞来了鸟,落在了我的肩膀上。Then, all of a sudden, there were humans.再后来,人类一出现,And all hell broke loose.一切就乱了套。
Why?为什么?What did the humans do?人类做了什么?
Well, they changed wolves into dogs, rivers into lakes,他们使野生动物失去了家园,让江河变脏了,and us into wood.把我们变成了他们的木材。They started using the planet他们把一切归为己有,like it was put there just for them.肆无忌惮的,Act like they've got an extra one laying around.就好像他们还有一个地球一样。
Why do they do that?他们为什么要这样?Why don't they understand?他们不懂得后果吗?
I don't know.我也不知道。If they don't figure out that they're part of nature如果他们继续这样下去,rather than just using nature,不懂得保护大自然,they probably won't be around to see you grow up.那么也许等不到你长大……

Sky (Chong Chen)天空(陈冲)(中文在山之后)
Look up.抬头看,There I am.我在这里。I am the Sky.我是天空,天衣无缝。
I am a warm and protective blanket wrapped around everyone on Earth.我散发温暖,保护地球上的每一个人,I can bring clouds, rain and the wind.风起、云动、雨飘,I can be an ice storm.甚至狂风暴雨,都由我掌控。
Without me, you’d fry.没有我,你将受尽烈日煎熬。Every day, I am the breath you take in,我是你呼吸的每一口空气,yet you are making me sick.但你却害我奄奄一息,I am congested, off-balance, polluted.失去平衡,充满污染。
You see, I am more delicate than you think.其实我,比你所想的要脆弱。
It took millions of years to get it just right —经历了数百万年,my perfect mix of gases, temperature and weather that you enjoy.才完美调整好适应你用的空气、温度和气候。
But now your cars, your factories and dust—现在,你用汽车、工厂、灰尘,they have pushed me past the limit.将我逼向绝境。And you wonder why却反向我抱怨,my typhoons and tornadoes are more intense, more frequent?台风、龙卷风为何更密更狂。
I have become unpredictable.天,更多不测风云。Less rain here, a lot more rain there.这里久旱不雨,那里雨水泛滥。Hotter summers, colder winters.炎夏更炎, 寒冬更寒。I cannot even control myself anymore.我已无法自控。Enough about me.算了吧。I will show my changing self to you in your days ahead.来日给你们展现我的剧变吧。
But in the end, I’ll be fine.最后,天是不会塌下来的。Give me a few thousand years.给我几千年吧,I have weathered trauma before.以往大秧大祸,我都有力回天。I am not worried for myself.我担心的,不是自己,而是你。Look up.记住,命,由天定!  
Mountain (Lee Pace)山脉(冯小刚)
I am the Mountain.我是山。
I am nature’s oldest temple.我是自然界最古老的圣殿。My glaciers and streams provide the water you drink.我的冰川河流,为你们提供维持生命的水。My forests, your wood, your clean air.我的森林,你们的树木,为你们提供新鲜的空气。
From up here, I see how you’ve come to treat this world.我清晰地看到,你们对这个地球的所作所为。You used to recharge your body and soul曾经,你们来到我的森林,in the calm of my forests.只为享受身心的宁静;You once climbed my peaks,攀登到我的顶峰,seeking enlightenment.只为获得心灵的启迪,Now you take what you want, and contemplate only your own gain.如今,你们一味地从我这里获取利益。
Open your eyes while there’s still time.看看吧,你们,趁一切还有可能。Because there’s one more thing I see clearly:要知道,有一件事,我看的非常的清楚。the cliff you’re on —那就是,你们正在靠近悬崖的边缘,and the rocks below.而悬崖的下面,乱石密布。

Ice (Liam Neeson)冰(梁朝伟)
I am ice.我是冰。
I move slowly.我缓慢地移动,I keep the world cool.我保持着世界的清凉。Well, I used to.不过,这些都成为了过去。
But humans keep warming this planet.你们人类,不停地给这个星球加温。I tried to warn you.我一直尝试去警告你们。
I send pieces of me thundering into the ocean.我将自己片片剥落,轰然坠入大海。You do nothing.你们熟视无睹。I raise sea levels.我增高了海平面。You do nothing.你们依然无动于衷。
It has taken you decades to notice.经过了数十年,你们才有所察觉。Perhaps I’m not so slow after all.或许,我消失得并没有你们想像的那么慢。

Home (Reese Witherspoon)家园(张艾嘉)
I am Home.我是家园。
I give you comfort.我是你温暖舒适的源泉;I shelter your family.我为你和家人遮挡风雨。See me for who I am: home, sweet home.请看清我是谁:家园,温馨的家园。
I am your refuge.我是你的避难所。I am the floor that supports you.我承载着你,The foundation that keeps you steady.是助你稳固的基石,The walls that give you shelter.是让你躲避风雨的墙垣,The roof that protects you.是一直保护你的屋顶。
I am your home.我就是你的家园。If you don’t take care of me,可是,如果你不在乎我,I cannot take care of you.我也将无法照顾你。

亚马逊(靳东)
我是亚马逊。
我是世界上最大的雨林,我带给你们充足的雨水,我保障你们舒适的气候,我提供你们治病所需的植物,其中有许多种类,你们尚未认知。
但是你们正在对我进行洗劫,你们不停地砍伐我的树木,不停地堵塞我的河流,不停地焚烧我的林地,我再也无法保护,那些赖我生存的人们。
你们掠夺的越多,我能给予的就越少,越来越少的水,越来越少的药材,以及,越来越少的氧气。
要知道,我可是地球的肺。如果我没了,你们也就没了。而我,是有能力重生的。



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