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...KHAO YAI, THAILAND: One of Asia's largest untouched monsoon forests and designated as a World Heritage site, Khao Yai National Park (www.dnp.go.th) covers over 2,000 sq km and is populated with bears, tigers and elephants. Trails take between several hours to three days to complete and offer splendid wildlife encounters. Guides are advised...
...KHAO YAI, THAILAND: One of Asia's largest untouched monsoon forests and designated as a World Heritage site, Khao Yai National Park www.dnp.go.th covers over 2,000 sq km and is populated with bears, tigers and elephants. Trails take between several hours to three days to complete and offer splendid wildlife encounters. Guides are advised. NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA: The view of the Pacific Ocean from the 1,500-m Point Lookout platform, is just one of the joys awaiting hikers in New England National Park www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au - an ecological wonderland of soaring cliffs and World Heritage rainforest. If time...
...Climate in Crisis Thank you for your splendid report on global warming [April 3]. The combined effects of scientific and technological advancements and the population growth that accompanies them have become the very real weapons of mass destruction that menace humanity. So let's face the whole problem: no measures, necessary as they are, will suffice to prevent a catastrophe in the long term unless we also curb population growth. It is a very difficult challenge that will require shared sacrifice. But if we don't slow our reproductive rate, nature will have her vengeance. Gabriel R. Navarro Madrid...
...positive and hopeful development. What remains to be seen, once Israel's new government coalition has formed, is whether a Palestinian leadership emerges that is capable of taking the next step forward to a lasting peace. Jeffrey Ellis Los Angeles Climate in Crisis Thank you for your splendid report on global warming [April 3]. The combined effects of scientific and technological advancements and the population growth that accompanies them have become the very real weapons of mass destruction that menace humanity. So let's face the whole problem: no measures, necessary as they are, will suffice to prevent a catastrophe...
...cones of our eyes actually pixelize our view of reality, though with very fine resolution.Artists have long turned to pixels as a medium, from the stunning Roman, Byzantine and early Christian mosaics (think of “Alexander at Issus,” or Ravanna’s splendid ceilings), to the Impressionistic dabs of paint employed by Monet and the Pointillism of Seurat and Signac. Chuck Close became famous for his large-scale portraits, using a grid of abstract pixels to create the larger picture.Smuts’s monochromatic panels recall all this, and also consciously take...