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Tropical beetles unknown to science at higher risk of extinction
2024-08-30 (or before) in The Natural History Museum, LondonHumans are having a devastating effect on biodiversity, but the impacts might be worse than we thought.
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Simple reason four million rare species are at higher risk of extinction
2024-08-30 (or before) in au.news.yahoo.comSize does matter when it comes to extinction.
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How India’s vulture apocalypse led to the deaths of half a million people
2024-07-31 in The TelegraphThe carrion-eating birds of prey provide a vital service for the environment – cleaning
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The shrill carder: once-common bumblebee heading for extinction
2024-04-11 in The GuardianBombus sylvarum is now found in only a few pockets as intensive farming destroys UK wildflower habitats
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The Civilisational Lie
2024-03-28 in TsakralidesThis civilisation has learned to survive by extraction, exploitation and extinction. It is the teenager walking up to the fridge, taking whatever they need without ever wondering who went grocery s…
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More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends
2024-03-23 (or before) in Wiley Online LibraryABSTRACT The global-scale decline of animal biodiversity (‘defaunation’) represents one of the most alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction crisi...
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Over one third of hoverflies threatened with extinction in Europe - IUCN Red List
2024-03-23 (or before) in IUCN - International Union for Conservation of NatureBrussels, Belgium, 11 October 2022 (IUCN) – Thirty-seven per cent of all hoverfly species in Europe are threatened with extinction, according to the first continent-wide assessment of this essential pollinator group on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, which was requested and funded by the European Commission. Intensive agriculture and harmful pesticides, unsustainable commercial forestry, urban development and climate change have been identified as the main threats to hoverflies.
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Earth Is on the Cusp of the Sixth Mass Extinction. Here’s What Paleontologists Want You to Know
2024-03-10 (or before) in discovermagazine.comDiscover satisfies everyday curiosity with relevant and approachable science news, feature articles, photos and more.
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Mass extinction: our fossil study reveals which types of species are most at risk from climate change
2024-03-08 by in The ConversationIf the climate warms by more than 7 degrees, the likelihood of extinction for a species increases, regardless of its other traits.
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Climate change is an important predictor of extinction risk on macroevolutionary timescales | Science
2024-03-08 in Science | AAASBoth species traits and climate change explain why certain marine invertebrates went extinct across the Phanerozoic.
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Silent extinctions occurring unreported across Australia – from spiders to frogs
2024-03-07 in au.news.yahoo.comThe Tasmanian tiger was declared extinct years ago, but there are other creatures that have failed to appear on the list. Find out why.
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Risotto crisis: the fight to save Italy’s beloved dish from extinction
2024-02-29 in The GuardianAfter drought devastated prized arborio and carnaroli harvests in the Po valley, new rice varieties offer a glimmer of hope. But none are yet suitable for use in the traditional recipe
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‘A frenzy of bodies in the chamber of death’: Italian fishers fight to preserve an ancient tradition
2024-02-14 in The GuardianA sustainable technique for catching tuna that goes back thousands of years is on the verge of extinction in Italy – but not for a lack of fish
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Migrating species crucial to planet under threat, says UN
2024-02-12 in The BBCHuman activity is leaving some migratory species like green turtles facing extinction, a UN report says.
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Across the world, migrating animal populations are dwindling. Here's why
2024-02-12 in NPRIn a landmark U.N. study, researchers found nearly half of the world's threatened migratory species have declining populations. More than a fifth of the assessed animals face extinction.
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Racing to Extinction
2024-01-19 (or before) in Racing to Extinction: Thoughts and (soon!) a bookWith BLM, USFS, and USFWS for 30+ years, Lyle Lewis analyzes humanity through the lens of an endangered species biologist.
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Undiscovered bird extinctions obscure the true magnitude of human-driven extinction waves - Nature Communications
2023-12-19 in NatureThe true number of human-driven bird extinctions is likely larger than we think. Here, the authors combine recorded extinctions with estimates from the fossil record to suggest that ~1400 bird species have gone extinct since the Late Pleistocene.
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Human-driven extinction of bird species twice as high as thought, study says
2023-12-19 in The GuardianAbout 12% of birds have died out as result of human activity in past 120,000 years, say scientists
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Avoiding ocean mass extinction from climate warming | Science
2023-12-19 (or before) in Science | AAASClimate change threatens marine biodiversity with a mass extinction unless greenhouse gases are rapidly stabilized.
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The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?
2023-12-19 (or before) in Wiley Online LibraryABSTRACT There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may be ...
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Quarter of world’s freshwater fish at risk of extinction, according to assessment
2023-12-11 in The GuardianGlobal heating, pollution, overfishing and falling water levels among factors hitting populations, finds IUCN red list study
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Food, soil, water: how the extinction of insects would transform our planet
2023-11-10 in The GuardianA new study doubles the number of species at risk of extinction to 2m, driven by the latest data on insects. Losing these tiny creatures would have huge implications for life on Earth
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South Africa’s penguins heading toward extinction; will no-fishing zones help?
2023-10-17 in MongabayCAPE TOWN — The endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) could be extinct in the wild in just over a decade. To protect the bird’s food supply and slow its population collapse, South Africa is throwing a protective no-fishing cordon around its main breeding colonies. But the devil is in the details, and conservationists say time […]
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A billion deaths at two degrees? Why climate activists should make a special effort to get the science right - Mark Lynas
2023-10-16 by in Mark LynasThe world owes a great debt to Extinction Rebellion. XR’s heyday protests in London helped deliver a UK net zero commitment, forcing many other countries to adopt similar targets. XR […]
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Pressure on nature threatens many flowering plants with extinction
2023-10-10 in The BBCAlmost half the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists warn.
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Seafloor Methane Tipping Point Reached!
2023-10-04 (or before) by in Titanic Lifeboat Academy - Titanic Lifeboat AcademyA catastrophe of unimaginable proportions is unfolding.
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The Great Dying: Earth's largest-ever mass extinction is a warning for humanity - CBS News
2023-09-19 (or before) in CBS NewsScientists say the mass extinction 250 million years ago offers a timely warning to humanity of what can happen when ecosystems change too fast for life to keep up.
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Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life
2023-09-19 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyThe passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. The Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin. These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many scientists have declared the sixth mass extinction, as human actions are wiping out vertebrate animal species hundreds of times faster than they would otherwise disappear.
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Mutilation of the tree of life via mass extinction of animal genera | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2023-9-18 in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceMass extinctions during the past 500 million y rapidly removed branches from the phylogenetic tree of life and required millions of years for evolu...
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“Heading for Extinction”: the representation of scientific knowledge in Extinction Rebellion's recruitment talks
2023-09-11 (or before) in FrontiersThis study examines how the climate action group Extinction Rebellion represents scientific knowledge in the public presentations used to recruit new members. Using a combination of semi-structured interviews and recordings of the talks and comparing across four versions, we examine how the talk developed and four distinct modes of science communication were identified. This analysis also highlights that many factors shape the mode of science communication employed, with the outcome particularly influenced by the editors' concept of how to best motivate action, as well as changes in the wider communication environment and evolut...
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Scientists unearth warning about climate change, extinction
2023-08-23 (or before) in Spectrum NewsScientists are warning that we're in an extinction crisis
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The world's most endangered large whale species is even closer to extinction than researchers thought - CBS News
2023-07-24 (or before) in CBS NewsOnly a few dozen North Atlantic Right Whales are able to actively reproduce, as many of the animals continue to be found dead or seriously injured – many of them babies and females.
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‘What if everybody decided not to have children?’ The philosopher questioning humanity’s future
2023-07-22 in The GuardianÉmile Torres has become a thorn in the side of the branch of moral philosophy that advocates prioritising our distant descendants. They explain the danger of utopian movements
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Can Our Civilization Change… Before It’s Too Late? | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2023-07-11 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoThe Overton Window Versus the Extinction Window, or the Political Economy of Extinction
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The Next Level of the Age of Extinction | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2023-07-07 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoThe Apocalypse Phase of Climate Change Appears To Be Heading Our Way
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'In a World Without Sea Ice, What Next for Nature?' – Byline Times
2023-06-29 by in Byline TimesWe can no longer prevent the extinction of many species – but will this provide the wake-up call we need?
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Climate Majority: Leading campaigners back new grassroots green movement
2023-06-21 in Business GreenInitiative aims to become 'irresistible political force', as polls show majority of Britons support the UK's net zero emissions goal
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The Age of the Idiot Versus the Age of Extinction | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2023-06-20 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoHello, This Is the End of the World Calling, Would You Like To Survive? Press One for “Yes”
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Why Doesn’t the 1% Care About Extinction? Because the Road To Collapse Is Paved With Gold | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2023-06-18 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoWhen I Say “Age of Extinction,” It Means History Starts Rewinding -a Fast
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“Current Climate Path Will Lead to Collapse of Life on Earth”
2023-06-05 in Kevin HesterNarrative Control at the Edge of Extinction.As we circle the drain of collapse and extinction, the corporate media pretend to cover the poly-crises we face but report on the great unravelling as if…
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Why We’re Sleepwalking Into the Age of Extinction | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2023-05-13 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoThe Signs Are Dire. Another Summer of Catastrophe Awaits. So Why Are We Doing…Not Much?
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Of Moths and Marsupials - bioGraphic
2023-05-04 (or before) in bioGraphic | Revealing Nature // Inspiring SolutionsThe ancient relationship between the mountain pygmy possum and the bogong moth reveals the complexity of global climate change—and the lengths people may have to go to save some species from extinction.
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The forecast looks grim as climate crisis knocks cricket for six
2023-04-22 in The GuardianFrom Oxford professors to Extinction Rebellion activists, those who love cricket are helping to tackle its climatic challenges
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Climate diplomacy is hopeless, says author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline
2023-04-21 in The GuardianAndreas Malm says he has no hope in ‘dominant classes’, and urges more radical approach to climate activism
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Accelerated modern human–induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction | Science Advances
2023-04-19 (or before) in Science | AAASHumans are causing a massive animal extinction without precedent in 65 million years.
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Are we headed towards the sixth mass extinction?
2023-04-16 in The Daily Star Ð Leading English Daily among Bangladesh NewspapersSurreal as it may seem, we have clearly embarked on the path to self-annihilation.
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IPCC Synthesis Report: What does it say? What does it mean? | IPCC FINAL REPORT 2023
2023-04-09 (or before) in YouTubeJOIN XRUK THIS APRIL 21-24 AT THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENTDr Charlie Gardner and Clare Farrell discuss the latest IPCC synthesis report, the final report in the m...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Yes, the Climate Crisis May Wipe out Six Billion People | The Tyee
2023-04-09 (or before) in The Tyee British ColumbiaCreator of the ‘ecological footprint’ on life and death in a world 4 C hotter.
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Thresholds of temperature change for mass extinctions - Nature Communications
2023-04-05 (or before) in NatureThe linkage between temperature change and extinction rates in the fossil record is well-known qualitatively but little explored quantitatively. Here the authors investigate the relationship of marine animal extinctions with rate and magnitude of temperature change across the last 450 million years, and identify thresholds in climate change linked to mass extinctions.
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Co-extinctions annihilate planetary life during extreme environmental change - Scientific Reports
2023-03-13 (or before) in NatureClimate change and human activity are dooming species at an unprecedented rate via a plethora of direct and indirect, often synergic, mechanisms. Among these, primary extinctions driven by environmental change could be just the tip of an enormous extinction iceberg. As our understanding of the importance of ecological interactions in shaping ecosystem identity advances, it is becoming clearer how the disappearance of consumers following the depletion of their resources — a process known as ‘co-extinction’ — is more likely the major driver of biodiversity loss. Although the general relevance of co-extincti...
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Scientists warning on the ecological effects of radioactive leaks on ecosystems
2023-03-09 (or before) in FrontiersA nuclear leakage or tactical nuclear weapon in a limited war could cause immense and long-lasting ecological consequences beyond the direct site of exposure. We call on all scientists to communicate the importance of the environmental impact of such an event to all life forms on Earth, including humankind. Changes to ecosystem structure and functioning and species extinctions would affect the biosphere for an unknown time frame. Radiation could trigger cascade effects in marine, atmospheric and terrestrial ecosystems of a magnitude far beyond human capabilities to mitigate or adapt. Even a "tactical nuclear war" could alter pla...
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How to sell out your species while pretending to be the adults in the room
2023-03-03 (or before) in The Shot | Profound and profaneReasonable compromise along the path to extinction
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Ecosystem collapse ‘inevitable’ unless wildlife losses reversed
2023-02-24 in The GuardianScientists studying the Permian-Triassic mass extinction find ecosystems can suddenly tip over
Tagged under: Wildlife | Collapse | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Boldly not going: zero-travel ‘touring’ play paves the way for eco theatre
2023-02-21 in The GuardianUsing local creatives and actors, director Katie Mitchell’s A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction is a narrative response to the climate crisis and an experiment in sustainability
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'Real and imminent' extinction risk to whales - BBC News
2023-02-20 (or before) in The BBCA letter signed by hundreds of scientists calls for global action to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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Scientists Issue “Warning to Humanity” that Tree Species Extinction Could Bring Economic as well as Ecosystem Crisis | Botanic Gardens Conservation International
2023-02-10 (or before) by in Botanic Gardens Conservation InternationalScientists who revealed ⅓ of tree species are facing extinction call on leaders to do more to protect threatened species, as new research reveals the impact of extinction on humanity and planet
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'Grim' Report Warns 40% of US Animals at Risk of Extinction
2023-02-06 in Common Dreams"We are currently experiencing and causing the Sixth Extinction—the mass extinction of species across the planet," said the head of NatureServe, which also found a third of plants nationwide are under threat.
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We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
2023-01-30 (or before) in Al JazeeraApocalypse investors are pushing fake climate solutions on us that are making climate change worse.
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Disaster in the sea and a warning of more
2023-01-11 (or before) by in The Times & The Sunday TimesSixteen months ago there was a mass die-off of marine life in the North Sea off Teesside. It was an extinction event: a catastrophe on a scale no one in Britai
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Dying in the Sun: Direct evidence for elevated UV-B radiation at the end-Permian mass extinction
2023-01-10 (or before) in Science | AAASUV-B-absorbing compounds in fossil pollen suggest that UV-B radiation was a cause of the terrestrial end-Permian extinction.
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Fossil fuel burning once caused a mass extinction – now we’re risking another | George Monbiot
2022-11-03 in The GuardianThe Devon coastline reveals that Earth was in a near-lifeless state for up to five million years after the last event, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Cop15 is an opportunity to save nature. We can’t afford another decade of failure | Phoebe Weston
2022-10-01 in The GuardianAhead of the UN biodiversity conference, our reporter reflects on lessons of hope and change in three years reporting with the Guardian’s age of extinction team
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Mass pheasant releases linked to severe declines in reptile populations
2022-09-08 in Bird GuidesPredation by the gamebirds caused local extinctions in scarcer squamate species.
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BGCI Launches the State of the World's Trees Report | Botanic Gardens Conservation International
2022-09-03 (or before) by in Botanic Gardens Conservation InternationalOne in three tree species face extinction reveals the landmark report, documenting the conservation status of the world’s nearly 60,000 tree species.
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Scientists' warning to humanity on tree extinctions
2022-09-03 (or before) in nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.comTrees play vital roles in many of the world's ecosystems while providing many benefits to people. New evidence indicates that a third of tree species are threatened with extinction, representing a tr...
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Environment Agency tells staff to ignore pollution complaints, says ex-employee
2022-08-29 in The GuardianEA ‘shutting down’ calls from public about rivers, says former worker Helen Nightingale, leading waterways to deteriorate
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Will Our Civilization Survive the Age of Extinction? | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2022-08-18 (or before) by Umair Haque in Eudaimonia and CoThere Are Four Futures Before Us. Which Will We Choose?
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The homogenization of avian morphological and phylogenetic diversity under the global extinction crisis
2022-08-15 (or before) in Cell PressThe global extinction crisis will lead to widespread losses of morphological diversity. Hughes et al. show that predicted species extinctions drive far greater declines of ecological strategies than predicted, with important ramifications for humans as ecosystem services are lost. In contrast, phylogenetic diversity declines as expected.
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The Planet Is Sending Us a Message — And It’s Terrifying | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2022-08-14 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoThis Is Extinction — And Now You’re Living It
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Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’
2022-08-01 in The GuardianScientists say there are ample reasons to suspect global heating could lead to catastrophe
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Our empty oceans: Scots team’s research reveals loss of plankton in equatorial Atlantic provoking fears of potentially catastrophic loss of life
2022-07-17 (or before) in sundaypost.comAn Edinburgh-based research team fears plankton, the tiny organisms that sustain life in our seas, has all but been wiped out after spending two years collecting water samples from the Atlantic.
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Humans need to value nature as well as profits to survive, UN report finds
2022-07-11 in The GuardianFocus on market has led to climate crises, with spiritual, cultural and emotional benefits of nature ignored
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Heat. Flood. Fire. Drought. War. Inflation. Welcome to the Age of Extinction. | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2022-06-19 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoOur Planet is Changing in Profound, Terrifying, and Visible Ways Now. But We’re Still in Denial About What It Means.
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The Great Simplification | Film on Energy, Environment, and Our Future | FULL MOVIE
2022-06-18 (or before) in YouTubeThis 32 minute animation - in 4 Acts - describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification - an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant...
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Officer ‘surprised’ by Patel’s late night call to superior during XR protest | The Independent
2022-06-05 (or before) in The IndependentFive activists convicted over a protest at a newspaper publishers are questioning whether there was political interference in police actions.
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‘Apocalypse Papers’: Scientists Call for Paradigm Shift as Biodiversity Loss Worsens - Inside Climate News
2022-05-29 (or before) in Inside Climate NewsWhen scientists from the United States and Europe published a study two weeks ago, warning that climate change was on track to push more than half of the world’s species of cactus—a plant known for its extraordinary ability to survive heat and drought—into extinction by midcentury, Tierra Curry simply filed it among the quickly growing […]
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The Age of Extinction Is Here — Some of Us Just Don’t Know It Yet | by umair haque | Eudaimonia and Co
2022-05-23 (or before) in Eudaimonia and CoWe’re Crossing the Threshold of Survivability — And There’s No Going Back
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State of the World's Birds
2022-05-05 (or before) in Annual ReviewsWe present an overview of the global spatiotemporal distribution of avian biodiversity, changes in our knowledge of that biodiversity, and the extent to which it is imperilled. Birds are probably the most completely inventoried large taxonomic class of organisms, permitting a uniquely detailed understanding of how the Anthropocene has shaped their distributions and conservation status in space and time. We summarize the threats driving changes in bird species richness and abundance, highlighting the increasingly synergistic interactions between threats such as habitat loss, climate change, and overexploitation. Many metrics of a...
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A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods - Nature
2022-04-29 (or before) in NatureAn extinction-risk assessment of reptiles shows that at least 21.1% of species are threatened by factors such as agriculture, logging, urban development and invasive species, and that efforts to protect birds, mammals and amphibians probably also benefit many reptiles.
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Global heating risks most cataclysmic extinction of marine life in 250m years
2022-04-28 in The GuardianNew research warns pressures of rising heat and loss of oxygen are reminiscent of ‘great dying’ that occurred about 250m years ago
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One in five reptiles faces extinction in what would be a ‘devastating’ blow
2022-04-27 in The GuardianLargest analysis to date on the state of the world’s reptiles warns of threat to ecosystems as more than 1,800 species fight to survive
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Fact Sheet: Global Species Decline - Earth Day
2022-03-18 by in Earth DayThe world is facing a mass extinction of species. All species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, arthropods (insects and arachnids), fish, crustaceans, corals and other cnidarians, and plants have declined, in many cases, severely. Human civilization has had a negative impact on most living things. We are currently living through a mass species extinction […]
Tagged under: Fish | Insects | Coral Reefs | Extinction
'Managed retreat' from coastal living could soon be reality, climate report warns
2022-02-28 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)The world's scientists declare climate change is now a threat to human wellbeing, warning we are about to miss the window to "secure a liveable and sustainable future for all".
Tagged under: Bushfires | IPCC | Climate Change | Extinction
"Have reverence for life" - Interview with ecocentrist Fred Hageneder on climate disruption, species extinction and our future on Earth
2022-01-22 in Pressenza - International Press AgencyHeat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires are on the rise, the IPCC and the UN are sounding the alarm bells. Recently, even a report by the National
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Scientists Warn that Sixth Mass Extinction Has ‘Probably Started’
2022-01-19 in VICEA human-driven mass extinction “has begun on land and in freshwater seems increasingly likely,” according to a new article.
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Earth's sixth mass extinction has begun according to scientists
2022-01-17 in AS USA | NFL, NBA, soccer, MLB, golf, latest news and moreA study from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) found that hundreds of land animals could go extinct in the next 20 years.
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Strong evidence shows Sixth Mass Extinction of global biodiversity in progress
2022-01-14 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyThe history of life on Earth has been marked five times by events of mass biodiversity extinction caused by extreme natural phenomena. Today, many experts warn that a Sixth Mass Extinction crisis is underway, this time entirely caused by human activities.
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Plants at risk of extinction as climate crisis disrupts animal migration
2022-01-13 in The GuardianHeating and habitat loss drive birds and mammals to cooler areas where plants can not follow, study shows
Tagged under: Birds | Extinction
The Guardian view on climate activism: between obedience and resistance | Editorial
2021-12-29 in The GuardianEditorial: Non-violent civil disobedience remains a vital tool for protest, but its form is shifting
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism | COP26 | Greenpeace | Extinction
Santa's Lapland reindeer are starving to death and facing extinction from climate change - World News - Mirror Online
2021-12-21 by in The MirrorTagged under: Climate Change | Extinction
Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts
2021-12-14 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceNature is under siege. In the last 10,000 y the human population has grown from 1 million to 7.8 billion. Much of Earth’s arable lands are already in agriculture (1), millions of acres of tropical forest are cleared each year (2, 3), atmospheric CO2 levels are at their highest concentrations in more than 3 million y (4), and climates are erratically and steadily changing from pole to pole, triggering unprecedented droughts, fires, and floods across continents. Indeed, most biologists agree that the world has entered its sixth mass extinction event, the first since the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million y ago, when mor...
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Drought | Forest Fires | Insects | Trees | Extinction
Climate-Only Models Likely Underestimate Species Extinction, Study Finds
2021-12-08 in University of Arizona NewsEcologists estimate that 15 to 37% of species will go extinct as a direct result of climate change. But when you consider the indirect effects of climate change, extinction rates may be higher, new research suggests.
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What caused Earth's biggest mass extinction?
2021-11-24 (or before) in Stanford Doerr School of SustainabilityScientists have debated until now what made Earth's oceans so inhospitable to life that some 96 percent of marine species died off at the end of the Permian period. New research shows the "Great Dying" was caused by global warming that left ocean animals unable to breathe.
Tagged under: Oceans | Climate Change | Extinction
What caused Earth's biggest mass extinction?
2021-10-08 (or before) in Stanford Doerr School of SustainabilityScientists have debated until now what made Earth's oceans so inhospitable to life that some 96 percent of marine species died off at the end of the Permian period. New research shows the "Great Dying" was caused by global warming that left ocean animals unable to breathe.
Tagged under: Oceans | Climate Change | Extinction
A biodiversity target based on species extinctions
2021-09-25 (or before) in Science | AAASA single target comparable to the 2°C climate target may help galvanize biodiversity policy
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Up to half of world’s wild tree species could be at risk of extinction
2021-08-31 in The GuardianGlobal study calls for urgent action to prevent ecosystem collapse, with farming the biggest cause of die-off
Tagged under: Farming | Collapse | Trees | Extinction
Wrong to label Extinction Rebellion as extremists, says Home Office adviser
2021-08-21 in The GuardianPeer at odds with Priti Patel over climate activists on eve of more protests
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Extinction
Mass extinctions correlate with the extent of climate change
2021-08-03 by in natureecoevocommunity.nature.comTagged under: Climate Change | Extinction
UN sets out Paris-type plan to cut extinctions by factor of 10
2021-07-12 in The GuardianAmbitious draft goals to halt biodiversity loss revealed, with proposed changes to food production expected to ‘raise eyebrows’
Tagged under: Oceans | Climate Change | Wildlife | Food Production and Consumption | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Facing Extinction
2021-07-08 in Catherine IngramAudio versions available:Stream or download hereYouTube audio here (Please note that the audio versions are from 2019; the essay version below is updated frequently) © 2019 Catherine IngramAll righ…
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With Temperatures Rising, Can Animals Survive the Heat Stress?
2021-06-28 (or before) in Yale E360A growing number of studies show that warming temperatures are increasing mortality in creatures ranging from birds in the Mojave Desert, to mammals in Australia, to bumblebees in North America. Researchers warn that heat stress could become a major factor in future extinctions.
Tagged under: Birds | Extinction | Bees
Plastic rafting: the invasive species hitching a ride on ocean litter
2021-06-14 in The GuardianThere is now so much ocean plastic that it has become a route for invasive species, threatening native animals with extinction
Tagged under: Oceans | Fish | Wildlife | Extinction
Alaska Red King Crab Dethroned by Scientific Fraud - PEER.org
2021-04-26 by in Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility - PEER.orgBristol Bay red king crab is nearing commercial extinction due to scientific fraud by the fisheries branch of NOAA, according to a complaint filed by PEER.
Tagged under: Fish | Alaska | Extinction | Sealife
Media Release: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’
2021-03-10 (or before) in Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesNature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from IPBES, the summary of which was approved at the 7th session of the IPBES Plenary, meeting last week (29 April – 4 May) in Paris.
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19 Australian ecosystems are collapsing. THEY ARE CRITICAL RIGHT NOW THIS SECOND IT’S REALLY HAPPENING! | First Dog on the Moon
2021-03-08 in The GuardianBut despite all the extinctions (not the scientists the various flora and fauna) and the worsening everything they just won’t give up! Go scientists go!
Tagged under: Wildlife | Collapse | Extinction
Extinction: Freshwater fish in 'catastrophic' decline - BBC News
2021-02-23 (or before) in The BBCNumbers are plunging due to pollution, unsustainable fishing and the draining of rivers.
Tagged under: Fish | Rivers | Extinction
'Hedge trimmer' fish facing global extinction - BBC News
2021-02-12 (or before) in The BBCThese extraordinary fish, which are a type of ray, are vanishing in many countries due to overfishing.
Tagged under: Fish | Extinction
Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption
2021-01-13 in The GuardianSobering new report says world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greenhouse Gases | Wildlife | Trees | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
2021-01-13 (or before) in FrontiersWe report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that future environmental conditions will be far more dangerous than currently believed. The scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its lifeforms — including humanity — is in fact so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts. Second, we ask what political or economic system, or leadership, is prepared to handle the predicted disasters, or even capable of such action. Third, this dire situation places an extraordinary responsibility on s...
Tagged under: Economics | Predictions | Climate Change | Health | Sustainability | Extinction
Optimistic vs. pessimistic endings in climate change appeals - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
2021-01-04 (or before) in NatureThe use of emotion in climate change appeals is a hotly debated topic. Warning about the perils of imminent mass extinction, climate change communicators are often accused of being unnecessarily ‘doomsday’ in their attempts to foster a sense of urgency and action among the public. Pessimistic messaging, the thinking goes, undermines engagement efforts, straining credulity and fostering a sense of helplessness, rather than concern. Widespread calls for more optimistic climate change messaging punctuate public discourse. This research puts these claims to the test, investigating how affective endings (optimistic vs. pe...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Extinction
Discovery of 'cryptic species' shows Earth is even more biologically diverse
2020-12-25 in The GuardianExcitement as DNA barcoding technique leads to unmasking of new species tempered with fear that some are already at risk of extinction
Tagged under: Wildlife | Butterflies and Moths | Insects | Extinction
Canada’s reindeer ‘at risk of extinction’ | The Narwhal
2020-12-03 (or before) in The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in CanadaAs governments drag their feet on caribou habitat protections, the iconic species engraved on the Canadian quarter is winking out across the country. The year 2019 saw alarming declines and local extinctions of a species Indigenous peoples hold sacred
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Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out
2020-11-20 in Counter PunchExpert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion/XR recently interviewed Peter Carter, M.D., who has the distinguished
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | IPCC | Extinction
Burning fossil fuels helped drive Earth’s most massive extinction
2020-11-20 in Deccan HeraldPaleontologists call it the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, but it has another name: “the Great Dying.” It happened about 252 million years ago, and, over the course of just tens of thousands of years, 96% of all life in the oceans and, perhaps, roughly 70% of all land life vanished forever. The smoking gun was ancient volcanism in what is today Siberia, where volcanoes disgorged enough magma and lava over about a million years to cover an amount of land equivalent to a third or even half of the surface area of the United States.
Tagged under: Oceans | Fossil Fuels | Russia | Extinction
People, not carbon emissions, should be at the heart of the west's climate action | Aruna Chandrasekhar
2020-10-09 in The GuardianIn focusing on targets, activists from rich countries risk putting metrics above the lives of vulnerable people, says Aruna Chandrasekhar, an independent journalist from India
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Greenhouse Gases | Extinction | India
First new deep coalmine in UK for 30 years gets go ahead
2020-10-02 in The GuardianPlanning permission granted to Cumbria project that will extract 2.7m tonnes of coal per year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
40% of world’s plant species at risk of extinction
2020-09-29 in The GuardianRace against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global study shows
Tagged under: Farming | Wildlife | Extinction
Botswana says it has solved mystery of mass elephant die-off
2020-09-21 in The GuardianElephants may have ingested toxins produced by bacteria found in waterholes
Tagged under: Africa | Zimbabwe | Extinction
CO2 levels and mass extinction events - John Englander - Sea Level Rise Expert
2020-09-17 (or before) in John Englander - Sea Level Rise ExpertThe chart below is adapted from a similar graph in Dr. Peter Ward’s book, “Under a Green Sky.” It simply plots all the mass extinction events of the last 500 million years against the best estimate of carbon dioxide levels (CO2) at the time. According to his analysis all major extinctions occurred when CO2 levels,
Tagged under: Sea Level | Extinction
Extinction Rebellion is showing Britain what real democracy could look like | George Monbiot
2020-09-16 in The GuardianThe protest movement’s call for meaningful participation highlights the failings of dysfunctional Westminster politics, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Extinction
Climate crisis 233m years ago reshaped life on Earth, say scientists
2020-09-16 in The GuardianVolcanic eruptions drove global heating, causing mass extinctions and ushering in dinosaur era
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Earth barreling toward 'Hothouse' state not seen in 50 million years, epic new climate record shows
2020-09-10 in Live ScienceRecord goes back to the dinosaur extinction.
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Is Deep Adaptation flawed science?
2020-07-19 (or before) in The EcologistJem Bendell's popular self-published paper has been platformed by Extinction Rebellion, but relies on pseudoscience to come to inaccurate and harmful conclusions.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Nature crisis: New global extinction target proposed - BBC News
2020-06-12 (or before) in The BBCWith species fast disappearing, the world needs a single target for fighting extinction, say experts.
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Agribusiness drives severe decline of essential insects | Climate & Capitalism
2020-06-10 in Climate & Capitalism | An ecosocialist journal edited by Ian AngusFour million tonnes of poison a year, most produced by four agribusiness giants, are killing essential insects everywhere. One-third of species face extinction.
Tagged under: Capitalism | Insects | Extinction
Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020-06-03 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceThe ongoing sixth mass species extinction is the result of the destruction of component populations leading to eventual extirpation of entire speci...
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Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion
2020-03-02 (or before) in NatureSandy beaches occupy more than one-third of the global coastline1 and have high socioeconomic value related to recreation, tourism and ecosystem services2. Beaches are the interface between land and ocean, providing coastal protection from marine storms and cyclones3. However the presence of sandy beaches cannot be taken for granted, as they are under constant change, driven by meteorological4,5, geological6 and anthropogenic factors1,7. A substantial proportion of the world’s sandy coastline is already eroding1,7, a situation that could be exacerbated by climate change8,9. Here, we show that ambient trends in shoreline dy...
Tagged under: Oceans | Amazon Rainforest | Climate Change | Sea Level | Climate Change Mitigation | Extinction
Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions
2020-02-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.comHere we build on the manifesto ‘World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, issued by the Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologis…
Tagged under: Insects | Extinction
Bumblebees' decline points to mass extinction – study
2020-02-06 in The GuardianPopulations disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter, scientists say
Tagged under: Wildlife | Bees | Insects | Insect Populations | Extinction
The Turning Point in Vimeo Staff Picks
2020-01-20 (or before) in Vimeo'The Turning Point' explores climate change, the destruction of the environment and species extinction from a different perspective. Music by Wantaways…
Tagged under: Climate Change | Extinction
UN draft plan sets 2030 target to avert Earth's sixth mass extinction
2020-01-13 in The GuardianParis-style proposal to counter loss of ecosystems and wildlife vital to the future of humanity will go before October summit
Tagged under: Wildlife | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Conservationists are ignoring climate change, risking mass extinctions
2019-12-29 (or before) by in New ScientistTagged under: Climate Change | Extinction
UN climate talks failing to address urgency of crisis, says top scientist
2019-12-08 in The GuardianCOP25 in Madrid criticised for focusing on details instead of agreeing deep cuts to emissions
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Carbon Offsetting | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Watch: There Is No Climate Crisis
2019-11-13 in Climate Depot | A project of CFACTBy Tony Heller There is no climate crisis. There is no ocean acidification crisis. The Extinction Rebellion is based on superstition, not science.
Tagged under: Oceans | Ocean Acidification | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn
2019-11-13 in The GuardianReport claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides
Tagged under: Farming | Wildlife | Insects | Extinction
Dr Rowan Williams "the future of the human race is now at stake" | 2019 | Extinction Rebellion UK
2019-11-04 (or before) in YouTubeRowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet. He served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from D...
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Activism | Extinction
Climate is missing the point. We have an ecosystem emergency. | by Will Marshall | Medium
2019-10-27 (or before) in Medium— Why I support the principles and approach of Extinction Rebellion —
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted since 1970
2019-10-03 by Damian Carrington in The GuardianQuarter of mammals and nearly half of birds assessed are at risk of extinction, says State of Nature report
Tagged under: Oceans | Farming | Agriculture | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss | Wildlife | Birds
Climate change, range shifts, and the disruption of a pollinator-plant complex - Scientific Reports
2019-10-01 in NatureClimate change has significant impacts on the distribution of species and alters ecological processes that result from species interactions. There is concern that such distribution shifts will affect animal-plant pollination networks. We modelled the potential future (2050 and 2070) distribution of an endangered migratory bat species (Leptonycteris nivalis) and the plants they pollinate (Agave spp) during their annual migration from central Mexico to the southern United States. Our models show that the overlap between the Agave and the endangered pollinating bat will be reduced by at least 75%. The reduction of suitable areas fo...
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More than half of native European trees face extinction, warns study
2019-09-27 in The GuardianAsh, elm and rowan among trees threatened by pests and pollution, says biodiversity report
Tagged under: Trees | Extinction
This isn't extinction, it's extermination: the people killing nature know what they're doing | Jeff Sparrow
2019-09-20 by Jeff Sparrow in The GuardianThe climate strike must be a beginning and not an end. Warming won’t be stopped by symbolism
Tagged under: Global Warming | Climate Change | Activism | Greenhouse Gases | Extinction
David Wallace-Wells: ‘There are many cases of climate hypocrisy’
2019-08-25 in The GuardianThe journalist and author on the climate crisis
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Greenhouse Gases | Geoengineering | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Trump officials weaken protections for animals near extinction
2019-08-12 in The GuardianChanges to how Endangered Species Act is implemented come as world scientists warn biodiversity crisis will put humanity at risk
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Wildlife | Extinction
This is why we talk of extinction – A slideshow precis/analysis for-the-busy of the latest UN IPCC report – Jeremy Leggett
2019-08-10 (or before) in Jeremy Leggett - Climate, energy, tech, and the future of civilisationTagged under: IPCC | Extinction
Breaching a “carbon threshold” could lead to mass extinction
2019-07-28 (or before) in MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyToday’s carbon dioxide emissions may trigger a reflex in the carbon cycle with devastating consequences, according to a new MIT study.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Extinction
It’s time to change the climate disaster script. People need hope that things can change | Nicky Hawkins
2019-06-26 in The GuardianThe climate story must balance talk of urgency with inspiring and creative ideas if we are to inspire positive change, says the communications strategist Nicky Hawkins
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Extinction
This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire – and what lies beyond | The Simplicity Collective
2019-06-14 in Simplicity Collective - Join the Simple Living MovementI’ve just published a new book, co-authored with philosopher-activist Rupert Read (leading spokesperson of the Extinction Rebellion in the UK). There is also a postscript by Helena Norberg-Hodge, author of Ancient Futures and producer of The Economics of Happiness. Our new book is entitled This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire – […]
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Economics | Activism | Extinction
‘Frightening’ number of plant extinctions found in global survey
2019-06-10 in The GuardianStudy shows 571 species wiped out, and scientists say figure is likely to be big underestimate
Tagged under: Wildlife | Extinction
Humans causing shrinking of nature as larger animals die off
2019-05-23 in The GuardianAverage size of wild animals predicted to fall by a quarter in 100 years through extinctions
Tagged under: Predictions | Wildlife | Extinction
Nature crisis: Humans 'threaten 1m species with extinction' - BBC News
2019-05-06 (or before) in The BBCA compelling UN assessment shows the full picture of humanity's devastating impact on biodiversity and nature.
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Loss of biodiversity is just as catastrophic as climate change | Robert Watson
2019-05-06 in The GuardianNature is being eroded at rates unprecedented in human history, says scientist Robert Watson
Tagged under: Farming | Climate Change | Wildlife | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life
2019-05-06 in The GuardianScientists reveal one million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report
Tagged under: Farming | Wildlife | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn
2019-05-03 in The Guardian‘We are in trouble if we don’t act,’ say experts, with up to 1m species at risk of annihilation
Tagged under: Wildlife | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Now we know: conventional campaigning won’t prevent our extinction | Roger Hallam
2019-05-01 by Roger Hallam in The GuardianI helped to found Extinction Rebellion because only non-violent civil disobedience will stop the destruction of our natural world, says Roger Hallam
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Extinction | Activism
Let’s seize the moment and create a Green New Deal for the UK | Ed Miliband, Caroline Lucas and Laura Sandys
2019-04-30 in The GuardianWe are coming together across party lines to ally the issue of climate change with social transformation, say Ed Miliband, Caroline Lucas and Laura Sandys
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Climate Change | Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
Support for Extinction Rebellion soars after Easter protests
2019-04-24 in The GuardianClimate activists say pressure growing on politicians to act as donations flood in
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Extinction
Greta Thunberg condemns UK's climate stance in speech to MPs
2019-04-23 in The GuardianTeenager who sparked global youth movement hits out at airport expansion and support for fossil fuels
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Fossil Fuels | Extinction
Greta Thunberg backs climate general strike to force leaders to act
2019-04-22 in The GuardianSwedish activist says world faces ‘existential crisis’ and must achieve goals of Paris deal
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change | Extinction
'Decades of denial': major report finds New Zealand's environment is in serious trouble
2019-04-18 in The GuardianNation known for its natural beauty is under pressure with extinctions, polluted rivers and blighted lakes
Tagged under: Oceans | Rivers | Wildlife | Extinction
Mark Carney tells global banks they cannot ignore climate change dangers
2019-04-17 in The GuardianFinancial sector warned it risks losses from extreme weather and its stakes in polluting firms
Tagged under: Economics | Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Activism | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
BBC's London HQ put on lockdown over climate change protest
2018-12-21 in The GuardianExtinction Rebellion group calls for environment to be made ‘top editorial issue’
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism | Extinction
Killing Plants Is the Fastest Way to End the World
2018-11-20 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismA recent study underscores how human-caused warming could annihilate life through co-extinction of species.
Tagged under: Extinction
Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned
2018-11-17 in The GuardianBiodiversity experts say mass extinction of wildlife is as big a danger as climate change
Tagged under: Climate Change | Wildlife | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN
2018-11-06 in The GuardianThe world has two years to secure a deal for nature to halt a ‘silent killer’ as dangerous as climate change, says biodiversity chief
Tagged under: Climate Change | Wildlife | Extinction | Biodiversity Loss
'The most intellectual creature to ever walk Earth is destroying its only home' | Jane Goodall
2018-11-03 in The GuardianIntroducing the Guardian’s new series The Age of Extinction, the renowned primatologist describes the dramatic vanishing of wildlife she has witnessed in her lifetime – and how we can all play a vital role in halting its destruction
Tagged under: Wildlife | Extinction
'We're doomed': Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention
2018-04-26 by Patrick Barkham in The GuardianThe 86-year-old social scientist says accepting the impending end of most life on Earth might be the very thing needed to help us prolong it
Tagged under: Extinction | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gases
The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction
2018-02-25 in The GuardianScientists are alarmed by a rise in mass mortality events – when species die in their thousands. Is it all down to climate change?
Tagged under: Climate Change | Extinction
Earth's sixth mass extinction event under way, scientists warn
2017-07-10 in The GuardianResearchers talk of ‘biological annihilation’ as study reveals billions of populations of animals have been lost in recent decades
Tagged under: Wildlife | Extinction
Mass extinction threatens the world's pollinators — and its crops
2016-02-26 in Grist.org: Climate. Justice. Solutions.A new UN-sponsored study suggests that 40 percent of invertebrate pollinators could go extinct.
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Oceans Turning Acidic Faster than Past 300 Million Years
2012-03-02 in Live ScienceThe ocean has become acidic in the past, but not as rapidly as it is now, according to researchers who examined the geologic record going back 300 million years for evidence of past acidification.
Tagged under: Oceans | Ocean Acidification | Extinction
Recent vegetation history of Drygarn Fawr (Elenydd SSSI), Cambrian Mountains, Wales: implications for conservation management of degraded blanket mires - Biodiversity and Conservation
2007-06-06 in Springer VerlagMany areas of blanket mire in Britain display apparently degraded vegetation, having a limited range of ericaceous and Sphagnum species. Data are presented here from Wales from the upland locality of Drygarn Fawr (Elenydd SSSI), which is dominated overwhelmingly by Molinia caerulea. Palaeoecological techniques were used to chronicle vegetation history and to determine the nature and timing of vegetation changes, as an aid to devising conservation management and restoration strategies. Although for the past 2000 years the pollen and plant macrofossil data indicate some evidence for cyclic vegetation change, they demonstrate that ...
Tagged under: Extinction
Extinction, like climate change, is complicated
2007-03-26 in MongabayImpact of global warming on extinction debated Extinction is a hotly debated, but poorly understood topic in science. The same goes for climate change. When scientists try to forecast the impact of global change on future biodiversity levels, the results are contentious, to say the least. While some argue that species have managed to survive […]
Tagged under: Global Warming | Extinction
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