#extinction

Some more sea- and shorebirds at Nickerson on 6/4.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #biodiversity #biodiversitycrisis #capitalism #extinction #ecosocialism #systemchange #climatechange #ecosystem

The massive glacial flow in Blatten is a good metaphor, I guess.

"We had been aware of cracks, of pressure; we knew it was serious enough to prepare, but no one expected *this*. Yet in retrospect we should have. Huh."

And someone has to find a new shelter someplace "safer", and look after the kids, and make food on a temporary stove, and deal with paperwork.

And in a superdiverse alpine landscape, a thousand ledges and outcrops and gullies with gentians and mosses and evanescent bulbs...are gone.

But the company that conveniently sold and delivered that stove, and the company that makes diesel diggers rooting through the rubble, and the company that sold cloud computing services to the geological survey department, and the tourist airlines worried about a drop in revenue, and the insurance brokers...they adjust their business practices to deal with any temporary effect on future economic growth and then just market all the harder.

"In retrospect we should have. Huh."

सर्वं दु:खम्। सर्वमनित्यम् । सर्वमनात्मकम् ।

#mountains #extinction #ecology #metaphor

Sorry folks, I'm reposting... This originally seemed to have gotten appended to someone else's thread on a different topic.

Some nesting and baby shorebirds at Nickerson Beach Park, in Nassau Co., NY. Shorebirds figure prominently among the 3 billion birds that have disappeared in the past 50 years, according to the Audubon Society. This is largely due to habitat loss and degradation, climate change, pollution and introduced predators. To be blunt, Capitalism with its inherent drive for growth is anathema to biodiversity and all life on our planet.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #biodiversity #biodiversitycrisis #capitalism #extinction #ecosocialism #systemchange #climatechange #ecosystem

#extinction #insects

"The hum of wild bees has faded, and leaves that should be chewed to the stem hang whole and un-nibbled. It is these glossy, untouched leaves that most spook Janzen and Hallwachs. They are more like a pristine greenhouse than a living ecosystem: a wilderness that has been fumigated and left sterile. Not a forest, but a museum.

(. . .)

The declines witnessed by Janzen – and described by others around the world – are part of what some ecologists call a “new era” of ecological collapse, where rapid extinctions occur in regions that have little direct contact with people.

Reports of falling insect numbers around the world are not new. International reviews have estimated annual losses globally of between 1% and 2.5% of total biomass every year."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe

My recommendation if you search for #studies: "BioTIME 2.0 - the largest #biodiversity time-series #database - now spans 12 million records from 553,000 locations, tracking #ecosystem changes since 1874!" https://www.idiv.de/major-update-to-biotime-2-0-worlds-largest-biodiversity-time-series-database/
and direct access https://biotime.st-andrews.ac.uk/
via ‪iDiv Biodiversity Research‬ ‪@idiv-research.bsky.social‬

#science #history #nature #ecology #environment #biodiversityChange #biodiversityLoss #Artenvielfalt #Artenschutz #Artensterben #extinction #education #researchData

SAVE. THE. BUGS!
Not just the bees and butterflies!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe

#climatechange #science #pollution #insects #wildlife #extinction #health #bugs #bees #fossilfuels #tech #green #garden #lawn

3-Jun-2025
How does life rebound from #MassExtinctions? Scientists find surprising answers
Study by UChicago, Smithsonian, UK Natural History Museum challenges assumptions about survival after global catastrophe

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1086154
#science #evolution #extinction #ecology

5-Jun-2025
Two big events shaped the #herbivores during 60 million years but their role remains
- well, until humans started #hunting them to #extinction and replacing them with cattle.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1086119

#science #evolution #ecology #fossils

#WA Labor has signed off on the most destructive #fossilfuel project in our nation’s #history, two weeks into its second term in office.

https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/wa-government-prioritises-industry-over-people-disrupt-burrup-hub-on-the-north-west-shelf-approval/

https://t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/56579

#wapol #wagov #westernaustralia #australia #classwar #pollution #burrup #disruptburruphub #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #health #environment #capitalism #fascism #oppression #repression #eattherich #extinction #globalwarming #ecology #econotego #statism

«Aujourd’hui, un cétacé sur quatre reste menacé d’extinction»
Alors que la troisième conférence des Nations unies sur l’océan aura lieu à Nice du 9 au 13 juin, la secrétaire exécutive de la Commission baleinière internationale, Martha Rojas Urrego, alerte sur les «nouvelles menaces» causant une forte mortalité chez de nombreuses populations de cétacés.
https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/biodiversite/aujourdhui-un-cetace-sur-quatre-reste-menace-dextinction-20250603_JETEAF33YJE3XIYN2532KJ3GKU/
#ecologie #extinction #ocean

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of #insects

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe #science #biodiversity #ecology #extinction #conservation #protectedAreas

I wonder how many people understand that good organic farming practices do not contribute to this problem?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe

#biodiversity #RegenerativeAgriculture #extinction

Resilient Brazilian three-banded #armadillos are fascinating real-life #pokemon of #SouthAmerica. They're vulnerable from #palmoil meat and soy #deforestation in #Brazil. Resist their #extinction! Be #vegan #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8R9

This elusive possum was thought to be extinct outside Victoria. Now ecologists have made an ‘amazing’ discovery

Leadbeater’s possum spotted in NSW at Kosciuszko national park, at least 250km away from the nearest sighting in Victoria

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/01/this-elusive-possum-was-thought-to-be-extinct-outside-victoria-now-ecologists-have-made-an-amazing-discovery

#Newa #Australia #Extinction #LeadbeatersPossum #Endangered

#extinction

"In a remarkable twist of ecological fate, a fish species thought extinct for over eight decades has reappeared in a remote Himalayan river. The Chel snakehead, scientifically known as Channa amphibeus, had not been officially recorded since 1933, leaving scientists certain it had vanished forever.

(. . .)

Local tribal communities unknowingly became the key to unlocking this zoological mystery. For generations, these communities consumed the Chel snakehead without realizing its significance to the scientific world.

Their dietary practices provided vital clues that scientists used to pinpoint the fish’s precise location. Engaging these communities in conservation efforts now becomes crucial in protecting this rediscovered treasure.

Despite the uplifting nature of this rediscovery, freshwater fish species are in serious trouble, facing unprecedented pressures around the world – and humans are largely to blame.

We’ve dammed and diverted rivers, choking off migration routes and altering natural flows that fish rely on to breed and feed.

Pollution from farms, factories, and cities poisons waterways, triggering oxygen-sapping algal blooms and spreading toxins through fragile food webs."

https://www.earth.com/news/fish-thought-extinct-for-85-years-reappears-in-himalayan-river-chel-snakehead/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-30/dog-breeds-skye-terrier-extinction-bulldog-turnspit-kuri/105322858?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

(alt-txt: several pictures of various extinct dog breeds interspersed throughout text. Of particular interest is an engraving of a dog turning a treadle wheel that is rotating a joint of meat over the fire while people sit and talk on nearby tables. Another shows a small silky dog a bit like a poodle surrounded by South Sea Island people who are spinning its wool and making large rugs. on the loom).

#dogs #DogBreeds #GeneticDiversity #GenePool #extinction

#LouisaSchneider — Bio Site

#Hoffnung passiert nicht einfach - die 1,5 Grad Grenze ist keine politische Zielsetzung sondern eine physikalische Grenze

Die #Klimakrise als Resultat des "quadratischen Denkens" ...

#NaturHatRecht zu haben im juristischen Sinne

#NonHumanRights
#WaterIsLife

#PolitischeKommunikation
#PoliticalCommunication

#Climatecrisis #Ecocide #Topocide #Extinction

https://bio.site/louisaschneider

@breadandcircuses

200 species lost every day.

Source: Hotspots The Last Hope
(documentary series)

#extinction

So, May 27th, and no #bumblebee sightings here in my little acre of York County #Maine. I thought I heard one or two buzzing around before the latest round of rain, but now it's been a few days of warm, dry weather, and all I'm seeing are little bees. Usually the bumblebees are all over the lilacs, which are now past peak. I hope they show up soon, but I'm a bit worried about my little friends.

Photos are from the past two years -- the first one is from May 21, 2024 , and the second one is from May 11, 2023.

#BeeHuggah #Bees #ClimateDiaryMaine #WildlifeDiaryMaine #WildlifeDiary #GardeningForPollinators #Extinction?

TWO HUNDRED SPECIES GO EXTINCT (ERRATA: MADE EXTINCT) EVERY DAY

Source: Hotspots The Last Hope (2022)

#documentary
#biodiversity
#extinction