A Biotech Firm Says Its Genetic Tweaks of a Wolf Amount to ‘De-Extinction.’ What Does This Mean For Living Species?
Global fisheries' nutrient extraction threatens ocean ecosystems and productivity, study finds
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-global-fisheries-nutrient-threatens-ocean.html
Heartbreaking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1-IcHUklfQ
Eva Czislowski, a student and activist, says Carnaby’s black cockatoos used to blacken the sky. ‘I can't believe that I won't be able to experience that,' she says. The endemic WA bird is just one of 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat, in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis
From blackening skies to barely casting a shadow – the Carnaby’s cockatoo faces a bleak future
A few birds and beasts from Pt. Lookout, NY last Wednesday (3/26)
#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #marinemammal #biodiversitycrisis #birdphotography #birding #biodiversity #endangeredspecies
It's common knowledge that we have known about the greenhouse effect since the late 19th century. Having started Andrea Wulf's "The Invention of Nature" about Alexander von Humboldt, its interesting to read that he observed human activity changing climate as well as destroying ecosystems and tried to warn of the risk at the very beginning of that century.
Good thing we paid attention and rapidly learned not to trash the planet, eh?
https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/114134562041059305
What we can expect from WA Labor
Fuck 'em. 
Nice piece of research showing that solar farms can also be #biodiversity farms if they’re managed well.
#energytransition
#wildlife
#climatechange
#NatureConservation
#BiodiversityCrisis
We have to #StandUpForScience! Without scientists we roam in the darkness. #ClimateChange #BiodiversityCrisis #WeakSignals
Continuing the trajectory towards extinction...
"Greenpeace chief executive David Ritter said Australia was a global deforestation and extinction hot spot.The declaration of a Great Koala National Park that addresses our deforestation and extinction crises is long overdue."
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https://canberratimes.com.au/story/8908383/fears-of-reduction-in-promised-koala-park-coming-soon/
#BiodiversityCrisis #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #extinction #NSWLogging #FCNSW #Australia #extractivism
Happy to share our recent research on the effects of #roads on European #foodwebs, where we show that road impacts extend beyond direct mortality, propagating across the entire #ecologicalnetwork of #speciesinteractions. We also identify critical areas where cascading effects are most pronounced and highlight the most vulnerable trophic groups.
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.70007
#biodiversity #biology #conservation #WildlifeConservation #ecologicalnetworks #ecology #nature
#BiodiversityCrisis
The geo-political craziness is damaging in more ways than just the obvious horrors (Gaza/West Bank, Ukraine, the current US administration contributing to those and more, the failure of moderates everywhere to address real and perceived problems {I suspect perceived problems are a larger motivator for extreme right or left parties than real problems}.
We're at the point where we have limited time to address the major ecosystem crises - climate, biodiversity, land use change, etc. But the focus on the political absurdities means that we are mostly unaware of the complexity and threats of the ecosystem crisis.
The Wilder Blean project is one of the U.K.'s leading efforts in reversing biodiversity crisis, funded by £1.1 million from the People’s Postcode Lottery. With nearly one in six species at risk of extinction, this initiative is crucial for restoring habitats and promoting resilience. #BiodiversityCrisis #NatureFunding
"asking questions about food security during Covid, & like a loose thread in a jumper, the more I pulled the more my already weak faith in the current food system began to fray"
#ABC 7pm News bigging up the annual orgy of hyper-consumerism. Pathetic.
Pine creek forest defenders singing
"One day more'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuo7ZZ5NZ9A
#pinecreek #MidNorthCoast #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #ecocide #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CivilDisobedience #ProtectProtest #GumbainggirCountry
The 5 biggest drivers for extinction are:
* destruction of habitats
* monocultures
* pollution (microplastic, pesticides, heavy metals, forever chemicals, ...)
* climate change
* invasive species
In other words the single biggest driver for extinction is capitalist extractivism and exploitation.
We clear forests to build roads, cultivate monocultures to feed our live stock, burn fossil fuels to power our consumerism and put our waste in the ocean. That destroys the ecosystem, species become extinct or seek refuge somewhere else and become invasive there.
And with "we" I don't mean you or me - I mean the morbidly rich!
I'm not blaming anyone but the 1%. They are the ones that have everything and cause everything.
There are a lot of solutions for this crisis, but we can't realize them without creating a system that prevents morbid abundance.
If the 99% decide to eat less meat, so we don't need so much land for our food - will that really save the rainforests or will it just free up more land for the rich to build more golf courses, factories and AI server farms?
We need to talk about a wealth maximum, an income maximum and an interest maximum. Then we'll realize we don't need endless growth, we don't need exploitation of the 99% and the ecosystem, we won't need 3 full time jobs to 'make a living' and we won't need mindless consumption to numb ourselves in our spare time.
Deal to protect Australia's native forests blocked amid 'bullying' claims
"Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinction in the world, it is the only developed nation declared a deforestation hotspot and there are more than 2,200 species listed by the Commonwealth as threatened with extinction. A new deal would have protected what remains of the nation's forests." >>
https://au.news.yahoo.com/deal-to-protect-australias-native-forests-blocked-amid-bullying-claims-031816212.html
Anthony Albanese kills last-ditch environmental protection laws with crossbench
"The prime minister has been bullied by the mining and logging lobby again. The Greens want to get laws that would actually provide some protection for nature, but Labor couldn't even entertain protecting forests and critical habitat in an extinction crisis.">>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/albanese-kills-environmental-protection-reforms/104651976
#NSWLogging #loggingIndustry #governance #deforestation #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #biodiversity #Australia #koalas #ResourceFrontiers #ExtinctionCrisis
