#human-impact

#human-impact

The knock-on, and often unintentional, impacts of a cyberattack are so rarely discussed. As an industry, the focus is almost always placed on the economic damage: the ransom payment; the cost of business downtime; and goodness, don't forget those poor shareholders. But, in recent years, the toll on human life has become increasingly apparent. We know the poor sods working in the security operations center give up their weekends every time a phish slips through the net,

For over 40 years, Edward Burtynsky's photographs have used the privileges granted by perspective and access to chronicle the relentless effects human industry has on global society and the environment. Burtynsky's visual syntax provides more clarity than ever, transcending the limits of a screen to deliver scenes and immersive murals that provoke urgency and inspire a meticulous gauge of reality.

Landslides are the most common geological event. That's a fact. They affect millions of people and cause many thousands of deaths. They often occur in countries with poor or inadequate infrastructure such as in Sudan's Marra Mountains region in late August 2025. Just the year before, in 2024, there were two major landslides in the same region. In Papua New Guinea, a reported 2,000 people were buried alive following a landslide in May 2024.

Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered.

"So, each year we see close to a third of the patients the Marine Mammal Center rescues suffering from some form of disturbance or harassment out on the beach."

Parnia Abbasi was bright and full of life, known for her love of Coldplay, her adventurous spirit summiting Mount Damavand, and her passion for poetry.