In one of my past roles I was involved with multilingual dictionary production and even attended a lexicography conference in Lorient, France in 2004.
So it was surprising to read this article in the Guardian about Disappearing tongues: the endangered language crisis. It’s one of their long-reads, but worthwhile seeing where the world’s languages are heading.
Seems that the ever-changing climate of earth is continuing to affect all aspects of life, including the oceans fish population. Reported on Earth.com, it appears that the world’s oceans are losing their ability to sustain plankton.
Being at the bottom of the ocean food-chain, this is a worrying development.
There’s nothing like a dish of lovely Risotto to satisfy an empty stomach. However, not all is well in the rice fields of the Po Valley in northern Italy where Arborio and Carnaroli rice, the most suited to Risotto are grown.
Recovery from recent droughts will take some time and it appears that other rice varieties being trialled just can’t offer the same quality of dish.
Having spent some thirty minutes on the phone to my own water company, Thames Water, about a 30% increase in my monthly payments, I am not surprised to read that I am not alone in thinking what this report says.
Seems to me that we are not getting enough regulation from OFWAT or the UK Government about this subject
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