#under a white sky

[kierrasreads]

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert Review

Plot

That man should have dominion “over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it’s said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world we are creating. Along the way, she meets biologists who are trying to preserve the world’s rarest fish, which lives in a single tiny pool in the middle of the Mojave; engineers who are turning carbon emissions to stone in Iceland; Australian researchers who are trying to develop a “super coral” that can survive on a hotter globe; and physicists who are contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere to cool the earth.

One way to look at human civilization, says Kolbert, is as a ten-thousand-year exercise in defying nature. In The Sixth Extinction, she explored the ways in which our capacity for destruction has reshaped the natural world. Now she examines how the very sorts of interventions that have imperiled our planet are increasingly seen as the only hope for its salvation. By turns inspiring, terrifying, and darkly comic, Under a White Sky is an utterly original examination of the challenges we face.

Discussion

Well-written, well-researched, and well done! I read The Sixth Extinction and enjoyed it. I loved the level of detail that she put into her work and her effective and understandable explanations of the science that goes into the research that she discussed in both novels.

If I had to choose between the two, I would choose Under the White Sky. It's more relevant to the type of research that I engaged in during my graduate studies, but also touched a bit on the impact the pandemic had on the ongoing climate processes. I had a much easier time reading this book and am eager to continue my research (which will now use her books to get some more information!)

Rating

5/5

#kierra's reads #bookblr #under a white sky #elizabeth kolbert #climate change #climate crisis

[stephstars08]

Jensen Ackles as the colors of the rainbow ~ White🤍

(9/9)🌈

#jensen ackles #Jensen Ackles as the rainbow #Jensen Ackles as the colors of the rainbow #colors #color palate #color pallet #color palette #white #rainbow #🌈🌈🌈 #🤍🤍🤍 #supernatural #spn #the Winchesters #dean winchester #big sky #beau arlen #the boys #solider boy #Smallville #jason teague #dark Angel #Alec #batman the long halloween #batman under the red hood #red hood #justice league warworld #my bloody valentine #tom hanniger #color

[kojiarakiartworks]

June 2011 KTM　Kathmandu  Nepal

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

#2011 #June 2011 #ktm #kathmandu #nepal #Swayambhunath #ring road #street photograph #street photography #moon #sky #cloud #tree in front of temple #under the tree #tree #photographers on tumblr #b&w photography #black and white photography #original photography #photography #koji araki art works #PENTAX K10 #smc PENTAX-F MACRO 50mm F2.8 #MACRO #PENTAX

[ofowlsdinosaursanddragons]

KAIJUMORPHA AU OVERVIEW:

what is the au about and what are kaijumorphs?

Kaijumorpha au is an anthological Alternate universe that is primarily based on creature features, folklore, and me brainrotting over creature aus. The main central point of the au are those called kaijumorphs, humans with monstrous or pokemon like traits, that have been as old as when humans have been around in the pokemon universe.

In the Au, kaijumorphs can come in three different forms, these being demihumans, werebeasts, and Therus(working on the name).

Demihumans humans with Pokémon-like traits that are based on the type the person has birth (like dragon types having draconic/dinosaurian features and flying types having feathers or a patagium.)

( for example, my sada design.)

the next are werebeasts, and as their names imply, they are humans who can transform into a more monstrous version of an animal/Pokémon if given certain stimuli (the moon, sun, fight or flight etc). the amount of Sapience someone had in their werebeast form is based how many times the person has been used to the form (like the first few times, the person is nothing more than a feral beast but a few more times they become used to it).

I don’t have a picture for this but think of the werebeasts from the sonic freaks au as an example.

The final category of these kaijumorphs are the mythical Therus. mostly bestial beings considered to be the “legendaries” among both humans and animals (oh yeah, animals exist in the au btw). This group are most than not, artificially created via either human hubris or fusing human and pokemon. Therus are able to transform back into humans, but it takes considerable energy on the Therus and many of them (mostly unnaturally created ones) are unable to know how to turn back into humans.

The main stories

the main stories within the kaijumorpha au include (and tldr)

“child of the golden phoenix” (Johto games and Ethan being ho-oh’s parent and has a shoenn vibe.)

“emeralds under the delta sky” (Pokemon emerald/Oras fusion but Brendan is the biological son of Archie and Maxie)

“Tales of platinum borea” (pokemon platinum with a more ghibli vibe and Cyrus is actually a polar sauropod)

“scars of black and white” (Unova games but I draw HEAVY inspiration from the manga and FMA)

“crossed and splitting paths” (XY but It has a better story and I made Calem a centaur.)

“Eclipse at the edge of the horizon” (how absolutely powerful can I make the Elio/Selene in here? Oh I know! “Gives them kaiju forms that fistfight ultra necrozma)

“Fenrir’s chosen wolves” (Scottish werewolf twins fistfight eternatus and the armor dogs are ancient werewolves.)

“bonds forged in scarlet” (“how much found family can I put into Scatlet?”)

“power always comes at a price” (the Kieran story)

“Hisui’s boreal Titan” (Cyrus gets sent to hisui alongside Lucas and meet akari who is actually a clone created by Arceus)

#lore dump #kaijumorpha au #pokemon #“child of the golden phoenix” #“Emeralds under the delta sky” #“Tales of platinum borea” #“Scars of black and white” #“crossed and splitting paths” #“Eclipse at the edge of the horizon” #“Fenrir’s chosen wolves” #“bonds forged in scarlet” #“Power always comes at a price” #“Hisui’s boreal Titan”

[liquidstar]

hiii everyone i finished my newest oc batch :) the dragon tree guild members. Their guild puts a special emphasis on nature, plants and animals and all that. their guildhall is also built inside a huge tree in the forest (the dragon tree!) which has earned them the explanatory title of “the greenwood guild.” but for more info about each character itll be under the cut as usual!

Name: Uranus

Name Origin: The planet whose name means “sky”

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 83

Guild rank: Guildmaster

Weapon: Censer staff

Ethos (Power): Daze. Creation of a dark fog that robs those within it of their senses

Flaw power is based on: Her dark and arcane persona, though as she’s aged it’s faded which has allowed her power to evolve in a way that allows her allies to retain their senses in the fog.

Notes: Ongoing beef with guildmaster Venus for that one time she said “I’m not too old to be a guildmaster if Uranus is still at it” old lady fights ensue

Name: Anthe

Name Origin: A moon of Saturn, the name means “Flowery” or “Blooming”

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 31

Guild rank: 5 star

Weapon: Ahlspiess

Ethos (Power): Efflorescence. control of plants

Flaw power is based on: Her unduly gentile and sentimental nature

Notes: I swear the name relation is incidental

Name: Lesath

Name Origin: The star that makes the “stinger“ of the Scorpio constellation, it’s name means “bite of a poisonous animal”

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 20

Guild rank: 4 star

Weapon: Poison-laced karambit knives

Ethos (Power): Venom. The poison itself is similar to that of a belladonna flower.

Flaw power is based on: Her mischievous streak which can sometimes become ill-natured

Notes: She could bite to transfer her poison but the knives make it easier and less awkward.

Name: Crux

Name Origin: The southern cross constellation

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 25

Guild rank: 4 star

Weapon: Cross

Ethos (Power): Austere. The ability to turn his body into stone.

Flaw power is based on: His hard-headed stubbornness.

Notes: He doesn’t really talk much

Name: Patella

Name Origin: A former constellation, the limpet, a type of sea snail.

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 7

Guild rank: no star

Weapon: None yet on account of she is 7.

Ethos (Power): Lag. She can make things around her move in what seems like slow-motion.

Flaw power is based on: Her sluggish and lackadaisical attitude

Notes: That backpack functions on absolute cartoon logic, what DOESN’T she have in there?

Name: Diphda

Name Origin: The brightest star in Cetus, it’s name means frog (Or second frog more accurately)

Pronouns: They/them

Age: 14

Guild rank: 2 star

Weapon: Slungshot

Ethos (Power): Flying-frog. They can hop super high

Flaw power is based on: Their extreme hyperness and impulsiveness

Notes: Could use some adderal maybe

Name: Ramus

Name Origin: From the former constellation ramus pomifer, which means apple branch

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 21

Guild rank: 3 star

Weapon: Bo shurikens

Ethos (Power): Point-slice. If he throws two or more of his weapons at once, he can make a clean slice manifest in between the two points where they land

Flaw power is based on: His incredibly direct and consequentialist approach to life

Notes: There’s a joke here but it might be low-hanging fruit

Name: Musca

Name Origin: A small constellation, Latin for “the fly”

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 19

Guild rank: 2 star

Weapon: Anelace dagger

Ethos (Power): Diminutive. The ability to shrink himself down.

Flaw power is based on: His shyness leading to the tenancy to make himself “smaller” around other people

Notes: The flight is really just a bonus power that came with the wings

#finn's ocs #oc references #finn's art #YAY i finished them yayayayayayayayyay #i hope that they all look okay too ive been trying some new stuff out esp in the faces. different mouth shapes and nose shapes and #ran out of space. and eyes and eyelid shapes the latter of which ive been getting really great input on from some friends who are great <3 #so hopefully they were all done justice but of course i usually go back and edit stuff after the fact anyway so i never discourage input in #ran out of space again. in general* #anyway this specific set was fun to do. i wanted them all to stand out in different ways so i didnt just give them a flower theme #uranus has a sort of vague nature theme but the light blues and whites under the dark greens were like #meant to evoke the sky. which is her namesake. but the sky name also sort of refers to the fog in a way #anthe was the most obvious w the nature theme is IS flowers. and lesath also has a flower motif going to but poisonous ones #crux is like. Rocks. because he rocks we love a short king #and patella diphda and musca all have various types of animal and or bug themes. is a snail a bug or an animal? not sure #musca also has a bit of a fairy theme going too which like are usually associated w nature #and of course ramus is apple themed. thats a kind of plant like anthe and lesath but instead of a flower its a fruit #theres technically another character who has an apple theme but in a different way so i dont think they impede on each other #yeah :)

[lvstharmony]

drawing with coal>>>>

#I actually wanted to draw on my iPad but I have no idea where my Apple Pencil is lol #then I saw my Sketch pad that I recently bought and found an old ikea pencil #continued looking for my Apple Pencil under my bed but then found liquid watercolours and an old still unopened white canvas #couldn’t find my brushes but then I found our coal and just drew outside my terrace #also it started raining and the sky was in pretty colours which reflected on our plants and flowers

[holopossums]

i think it's kind of interesting that i'm like many artists where i can replicate the Rise TMNT style To An Extent, but i really don't try too hard to make it look Exactly like the show either. i have little traits in my art that i don't want to lose because i like them and they're uniquely my own. i like to look at my art and see clearly that i made it, not another person.

#i actually do love whatever elements and details i add in or change #the little lines under the eyes #stay hairs (if applicable) #the way i never use straight black or white anymore for digital art and am learning lots about relative color #the way i cel shade (even if my sense of light source is imperfect but eh) #the rough pixelated line look too. i think i've fallen in love with it #all because i played around in MS Paint once and was like 'you know i could replicate this in CSP' #the focus on character expression or mood above everything else #i'm slowly getting better at full body poses or interesting ones. slowly #putting characters in environments and considering the whole angle/perspective of the scene/composition is massively challenging for me #but i'll get there eventually i'm sure #sky sez

[oatbugs]

she says my heart is yours, from the caspian shores.

#in astana there is haunting symmetry. in the summer there are flowers breathing fresh air and fumes. in the winter ice covers the park #sole-deep so you let the LCD screen advertisements warm your heart. the serpent offers her a gold apple from a brass tree. #she bites the serpent. in london a biochemistry graduate becomes obsessed and beautiful. she designs gene sequencing devices. #she says the rubber components smell like cinnamon. #in tashkent the trees shine under the sun and the sky is vast. by the blue pond and the tall marble spires you see the fractal patterns #on the ceiling in her eyes. she feels like a strobe light firing onto your eyelids. she takes revenge. you can hear the water droplets fall #from into the fountain. she tells you about cre-lox knockout and how you should head into the city cafe and you cant #stop staring into her eyes and you can't listen very well. when she laughs all your hearts almost become an ocean. #in bishkek you suffer death by a thousand sunsets. your world is white and lilac and mountainous. you learn about the joy of #taking without giving. backstage of the opera theatre you kiss him again and again and again until briefly you are the apex. #in tehran the sun is almost as fervent as their full-up lungs (it takes up the span of your window. crisp edges through a particulate storm #they spend an hour making a 10-minute ride to chamran and the wheels are melting. the two girls in the car spend that time wisely. #the air is filled with smog so she breathes her instead. you like how she looks at you like she'll rip you apart. #here they sold the mountaintops. the girls take a brother'a army-issued rifle to the forest with them. #she says she could start a war. she says my heart is yours، from the caspian shores.

[lizardothesexylizard]

This is what i've been seeing for the last couple of days from my window...

Winter y'all.........

#winter #snow #So much fucking snow #sky is included in this picture #more snow #wonna play a game? #What's under the snow? #a) more snow -> you fell into snow pile you get all wet and ill #b) ice -> you break some bones #and you know what is the meaniest part? #that at Christmas time it will be gone #all of it #so no white Christmas for children

[yemme]

Under the Christmas Sky.... A black mom for a biracial actress... I think this is a first... Hallmark... I see you...

#Casting at times it's white mom... #The disabled child story line... A plus #Under the Christmas Sky

[trollbreak]

One of these days I’m gonna actually make beastly art in like his actual colors but um. I’m having fun returning to my comfy play scape lately <3

#doing shading studies on skulls for the funsies was such a tangible thing in how I do lineless art now #so like I somewhere got going drawing on index cards bc they’re less space to fill than a full page and thus less intimidating. that became #drawing silhouetted buildings and horizons against a gradient sky- I used roughly cut masking tape to have clean sun/moon and if I wanted #other clean lines. while I was staying w my grandma for a while I went oh shit I could do this digitally and that’s when I started getting #into digital art outside of just tracing photos exclusively. started playing with silly doodles digitally and somewhere along the line #wanted to draw teeth bc why not. struggled and didn’t like the result- tried again a few days in a row. liked how I’d improved but wasn’t #satisfied. so I saved an image of a skull lowered the opacity and originally was gonna trace the teeth but that got boring so like. I used #white to mark out the brightest points on the skull. a light grey for the next brightest. rinse and repeat until the whole thing is covered #and I’d do that for ages. like a year or two I think. I’d done other art too but the skulls and doing the same process with selfies was a #fun way to burn a lot of time and to just. have an ongoing project I could return to. a ways FURTHER down the line I was like ah damn. I’m #real happy with these but since I just grabbed images off whatever search engine idk if it’s ok for me to post these especially since I #wouldn’t even know who to credit anymore. so eventually I just sorta. stopped #but ummmm if u hit me up I can send u some of my skull study whatever’s and u can peek at how I mean they massively affected my process and #how I shade and stuff. that was like my whole learning process with shading outside of like. do line under the chin and the simplest things #that follow that train of thought. those skulls 🤝 buddy. rewired my brain and I’m vibin w it

[silverslipstream]

hi :]

for the ask game:

❤️ Which of your OCs is most like you? Which is the least?

💙 Which of your OCs would be your best friend (if they were to exist in real life)? Which would be your worst enemy?

-@vsnotresponding

Hello anon, thank you for your ask! I'm drunk at the moment, so please bear with me here.

❤️ Which of your OCs is most like you? Which is the least?

Honestly, none of my OCs are much like me at all. Kat's kind of antisocial and loves turtleneck sweaters while Sora's a queer nerd, so kind of a portmanteau of them if that makes sense? I'm definitely least like Stan. He's extremely strong and badass (despite being the eldest member of the Caroline's crew) and I'm just some spindly dork with too-round glasses. To get out of explicitly OCs, Sue's headcanon portrayal from You Can't Take It Back Now! is pretty much an author mouthpiece for internalised comphet and bisexual self-discovery.

💙 Which of your OCs would be your best friend (if they were to exist in real life)? Which would be your worst enemy?

I would definitely get along best with Kaz, despite the age difference. He and I share a similar 'hopeless romantic outlook' not to mention being shamelessly obsessed with poetry. I'd probably get along well with all of the characters. Jetta would probably annoy me most because she's very standoffish and sullen, and I have a stupid innate need to hang out and get to know everyone. None of them would be really disliked, though.

#pride ask game #ask game answers #wip: white sky #pov: im drunk #why am I posting on tumblr whilee under the influence you ask? very good questiom

[keeps-ache]

i'm officially one more year old today :) how old do you think i am? i'm curious

#just me hi #hiiiiii #i'm not gonna confirm it if someone gets it right but i am curious about how old you people think i am #but also wooooooooooo #another year under my belt! gonna try to not let the existentialism get me this year >:) #my dad called and said 'hey you're officially Old' and lol #thanks pops lolll #i literally just woke up a couple seconds ago so i'm not verrrrryyyyyyyy [hand gesture] #dang :) #it's a little like. scary but that's just how change is #gotta let go to get somethin better #GOSH i was a wee tot not too long ago! #i'm nearly half the age of my mother #i'm living in the 2020's (a solid group of numbers like heck yeah!!) #i'm doing pretty fine now #i'm not getting any taller [laughs at my tall younger siblings as i continue to sleep rather comfortably on the van's back seats] #i've lived to see my little sisters lose their teeth. my brother to learn how to drive #i've seen fireworks! and the sky from the window of a tall building!! #i've seen gold streetlights on city walks and bright white ones while i've sung in the car with my mom at night #i've been here for a year or so now and met many many lovely people #i've rediscovered my love for my crafts multiple times #i've been tired but now i'm not!! #i'm not so nervous outside! #i remembered i love the colour blue! #like woAH i haven't lived so long but i've been here for a while #there are little children who see me as the Big-Person-But-Not-An-Adult?? now! #i love this #good things make me wanna cry so i'll stop here #but hi again :) #how're you lol?

[gotzzy]

I look like a zombie right now because I slept for about 2 hours. I just wanted to see queen Z and it was worth it. But never again. Never again.

#I wanted to wear sunglasses because of dark circles under my eyes #but there was no sun because white shit was falling from the sky #Z won and I lost

[de3d2me]

my pics💚

#trees and forests #forest #gloom #gloominess #gloomy #sad aesthetic #weird aesthetic #aesthetic #liminal space #liminal vibes #liminal tumblr #nature #nature walk #forest walk #forest trail #forest trees #under the trees #green aesthetic #outside #white sky #cold weather #cold #river #pathway #tumblr diary #tumblr 2k14 #2014 tumblr #liminal photography #photography

[lostbluejayart]

✨A gentle lamb bleats in a single call, sweetly, meekly. The wind carries its voice through the fluttering of leaves and over mountain tops, across meadows where baby deer dwell under the shadow of their mothers.

Precious lambs you are, Sweet whispers...✨

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Two beautiful dark skinned sisters who are twins are seen looking softly at the viewer, resting in a meadow like area. They are wearing long white dresses. with short puffy sleeves on their shoulders. One sister relaxes her head on her sister's lap while the other supports her sisters head. A little baby lamb also lay beside the twins, one ear up while the other ear is down. The lamb's white wool almost blends into the white dress's the sisters are wearing. In the background,the sky is a soft shade of baby blue, no clouds are visible. And there is a mountain in the background that stretches to both sides of the picture and a few trees at a distance.]

#illustrator #illustration #artist on tumblr #artists on tumblr #black artist #black artists on tumblr #digital art #black girl magic #lamb #sheep #melanin #art #soft #my art #animal art