Global Agence France Press (AFP) interviewed FES's Ladislav Smejda who introduced his project DeedDead at EGU 2017 conference in Vienna, April 26. The project analyses chemical footprints left behind by dead human and other organisms on Earth. Actual 7-billion-plus population of Homo sapiens puts us before the unprecedented challenge. The topicality of the project was confirmed by broad international attention of media, see:
- https://phys.org/news/2017-04-humans-earth-chemistry-grave.html
- https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/afp/2017/04/26/praticas-funerarias-humanas-alteram-quimica-do-solo.htm
- http://www.levif.be/actualite/environnement/les-cadavres-sont-mauvais-pour-l-environnement/article-normal-653061.html
- https://www.agerpres.ro/mediu/2017/04/27/oamenii-afecteaza-mediul-si-din-lumea-de-dincolo-studiu--17-20-09
- http://paginasiete.bo/miradas/2017/4/28/humanos-alteran-quimica-tierra-desde-tumba-135831.html
- http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/04/27/impact-environnemental-mo_n_16290358.html
- http://www.lanueva.com/sociedad/901253/los-humanos-alteran-la-quimica-de-la-tierra-desde-la-tumba.html
- http://www.star2.com/living/science-technology/2017/04/28/295579/
- https://www.dailysabah.com/life/2017/04/28/humans-alter-earths-chemistry-from-beyond-grave
- http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/science/608545/humans-alter-earth-s-chemistry-from-beyond-the-grave/story