Description
Added on the 28/04/2020 19:25:59 - Copyright : AFP EN
Marine life uses sound to hunt, avoid predators, and find mates. But if their sounds are drowned out by engines, species can be affected dramatically. Even as the oceans are getting noisier, we're still basically unaware of the full toll it takes on ocean life. Gizmodo reports decreased human activity has given researchers an unprecedented chance to study the effect of quiet on our typically noisy seas. Wildlife biologist Chris Gabriele says the waters around Glacier Bay, Alaska, have seen median daily sound levels decrease by 50% between 2019 and 2020. As a result, she’s seen humpback whales hanging out in much broader swaths of the region, socializing, feeding, napping, and 'chatting' with each other.
Lima, Jun 2 (EFE).- Either dodge stay-at-home orders and seek out customers on the street or go without the money needed for food, medicine and rent. That is the crossroads faced by sex workers in Peru's capital, who have been compelled to ask for handouts and prepare communal pots of food to evade hunger.(CAMERA: Fernando Gimeno y Miguel Angel).
Metro Manila, May 16 (EFE/EPA).- The Philippine capital Manila is slowly coming back to life as "modified lockdown" has been put in place by the government on Saturday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under modifed lockdown or modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), certain activities and establishments are allowed to open.Only 50 percent of a business's workforce can report back to work.Public transportation is still being suspended. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO). SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES, AFTER IT HAS BEEN PUT UNDER 'MODIFIED LOCKDOWN' ALLOWING CERTAIN BUSINESSES TO REOPEN.
Srinagar, May 2 (EFE/EPA).- Lockdowns have become a way of life for people in Kashmir – a disputed region in India’s extreme north that has recorded months of shutdowns and curfews in the last three decades of an armed conflict.(Camera: FAROOQ KHAN). SHOT LIST: THE STREETS OF SRINAGAR AMID LOCKDOWN, A MUSLIM SCHOOL AND WORKERS PACKAGING PRODUCTS IN SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA.
Prague, Apr 21, EPA/EFE, (Camera: Martin Divisek).- The shutdown of public activity in the Czech Republic has forced all non-essential workers into home confinement, but for ballet dancers whose profession requires a rigorous daily exercise routine, these new restrictions pose real obstacles to staying fit. Authorities have started slowly easing some of the restrictions, meaning the dancers have been allowed to return to some group trainings. The Czech National Ballet has already suffered heavily due to the shutdown and the consequent loss of performance revenue. But despite the economic gloom, the Ballet launched the “Dance Through It” initiative, which saw the theater put on a gala, broadcast live on national television and streamed online, to mark Easter Sunday.FOOTAGE OF MAGDALENA MATEJKOVA , SOLOIST OF THE CZECH NATIONAL BALLET, IN HER HOME DURING THE CONFINEMENT, INCLUDES SOUNDBITES.MAGDALENA MATEJKOVATranslations:1. "I have more time for things for which there is usually not so much time: reading books, cycling, cooking and especially in the family. My mother and sister are the only ones I have been seeing a lot of lately. But I miss the theater.2. "I miss the adrenaline, I'm looking forward to it. When I return to the stage and feel the butterflies in my stomach.3. "Every morning I try to stretch, exercise for a while and get some basic training, in my pointed shoes. Mostly I try to walk a lot and ride my bike."
Manila, Apr 20 (EFE/EPA).- Food vendors in the Philippine have resorted to alternatives, such as a "mobile market", to sell their products to consumers who have to stay home to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened a martial law-like crackdown in case the number of quarantine violators continues to rise, according to media reports. Police said that more than 100,000 individuals have violated the quarantine protocols - caught outside their homes without valid reasons. The Philippines began massive tests last week to isolate positive, even asymptomatic, cases to contain the disease thanks to donations from China, South Korea and Brunei, in addition to having received a team of Chinese doctors to advise their Filipino colleagues in response to the pandemic. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO).SHOT LIST: FILIPINOS OBSERVE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AS THEY PURCHASE GOODS AT A 'MOBILE MARKET' IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
