#biodiversitydecline — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #biodiversitydecline, aggregated by home.social.
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Nesting season for Diamondback Terrapins, which are often seen wandering the footpaths at the Marine Nature Study Area (NY), sometimes trying to dig nests on the footpaths. These are the only North American turtles that inhabit brackish waters, although they can tolerate both fresh water and full salt water. While their range is extensive -- the Atlantic and Gulf coasts -- it is limited to a narrow coastal strip, which is seriously affected by capitalogenic habitat loss (especially coastal development and sea-level rise). The IUCN lists them as Vulnerable.
#nature #naturephotography #naturecommunity #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #testudines #turtle #reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography #saltmarsh
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Break your heart with "The Animals Are Leaving" by Charles Harper https://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/detail/203.
#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #conservation #animals #extinction #Nature #biodiversity #BiodiversityDecline
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Yes, I worry a lot about this.
#insects #BiodiversityDecline #InsectDecline #arthropods #environment
Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates, new study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-09-untouched-ecosystems-insects-alarming.html
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New publication: Library of Identification Resources: a FAIR overview of taxonomic keys. #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #taxonomicidentification
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New publication: Networks in Aquatic Communities Collapse Upon Neonicotinoid-Induced Stress. #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #anthropogenicstressors #insecticides
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A Sweeping New Report Shows U.S. Birds Declining Sharply Across a Range of Habitats
Scientists checked in on species all over the country for the latest State of the Birds report. Nearly everywhere they looked, birds were struggling—including some that have been resilient in the past.
#biodiversity #extinction #biodiversitydecline #birds #wildlife #aviandecline
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Some more yard-birds, today. I WAS going to go with my local Audubon crew on a walk at Jones Beach, where I MIGHT have observed a Dickcissel, American Pipit, Vesper Sparrow and Red-headed Woodpecker. Instead, I turned the alarm off...
Oh, well... I caught some nice views of some of the most common seasonal visitors to my yard and feeders. Except the Nuthatch. Not so common and a temporary resident.
#nature #naturephotography #naturecommunity #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #testudines #turtle #reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography
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A couple living in an area not far (in a vehicle) from the Marine Nature Study Area (Oceanside, NY) has a waterfront home near a Diamondback Terrapin nesting site. The estuarine Terrapins are now hatching, and the hatchlings manage to find a way into their garage. So, they release them in MNSA, which they consider safer than their waterfront. This speaks well of MNSA's reputation as a haven for wildlife and public awareness of the endangered status of these turtles, but may not be the best approach, as Diamondbacks, like other turtles, show strong territorial fidelity, and may seek to return to their hatching site when they are mature.
8/29/24
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Streetlights running all night makes leaves so tough that insects can't eat them, threatening the food chain
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-streetlights-night-tough-insects-threatening.html
#biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #plants #photosynthesis #lightpollution #anthropocene #urban #insects #insectextinction #evolution
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Climate change: Mass coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef sparks fear of global event
#coralbleaching #climatechange #biodiversitydecline #marinelife
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Wild by nature: Ecological restoration brings humanity and biodiversity together
"Ecological restoration is “an attempt to design nature with non-human collaborators” in response to the biodiversity crisis.
The very idea that nature is something outside of society often hampers practical solutions, and is an impediment to restoring ecosystems, Laura Martin, associate professor of environmental studies at Williams College, argues in this episode of the Mongabay Newscast.
In this podcast conversation, co-host Rachel Donald speaks with Martin about the shift in mindset required to tackle biodiversity loss that centers on a restorative approach that’s human-inclusive and mobilizes public participation rather than exclusion."
#ecologicalcrisis #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #ecologicalrestoration #environmentaljustice #ecology #ecosystem
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Scientists may be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change, suggests study
"But that's just not how climate change works. Unfortunately, the trees find themselves in a situation where change is happening faster than the trees can adapt, which is really putting them at risk of going extinct. It's a word of caution for ecologists."
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-scientists-flawed-strategy-species-fare.html
#climatechange #globalwarming #biodiversitydecline #biodiversity #extinction
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A Quarter of Freshwater Fish Are at Risk of Extinction, a New Assessment Finds
#extinction #biodiversitydecline #climatechange #biodiversity #environmentalcrises
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Save aquatic insects
#insects #speciesloss #BiodiversityDecline #BiodiversityConservation
The Salmonfly Project
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon falls 22% in 2023
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/deforestation-in-the-brazilian-amazon-falls-22-in-2023/
#deforestation #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #climatechange #Amazon
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Over 200 health journals call on world leaders to treat climate change and biodiversity loss as parts of the same complex problem that must be tackled together -
#ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityDecline
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Is It Time to Imagine a World Without Roads?
Be it highway or dirt track, our infrastructure has become an ecological disaster. Ben Goldfarb’s Crossings catalogs the devastation.
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/ben-goldfarb-crossings-roads-review/
#ecologicalcrises #roads #cars #fossilfuels #climatechange #deforestation #biodiversitydecline #biodiversity
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21 species removed from US Endangered Species Act after going extinct
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/17/extinct-species-removed-endangered-species-act
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Scientists warn entire branches of the 'Tree of Life' are going extinct
https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-warn-entire-branches-tree-011943508.html #extinction #humanepoch #collapse #biodiversitycrisis #biodiversitydecline #biodiversity #collapse -
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find
#climatechange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #Biosphere #Ecology #Biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #extinction #planetaryboundaries
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BRIAN MAY: Humans Are 'Pretty Much Eliminating All Species Except The Ones That We Think Are Useful To Us'#BrianMay
#HumanImpact
#SpecisElimination
#BiodiversityDecline
#EcosystemSustainability
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Weber fails to derail EU Green Deal, but Parliament agrees to a weakened Nature Restoration Law
"Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Nature Restoration Law and the EU Green Deal, despite an unprecedented - and often outright absurd - disinformation campaign aiming to destroy it, led by conservative and right-wing politicians and agriculture and fisheries lobbies.
This win, however, came at a very high cost – to reach a compromise, MEPs sacrificed many critical obligations and targets, ending up with a position substantially weaker than the original Commission proposal [1]. This flies in the face of the urgency of the climate and biodiversity crises."
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #Biodiversity #biodiversitydecline
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Activists push for referendum to put ‘Cop City’ on ballot in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/16/atlanta-cop-city-activists-push-referendum
#climatechange #climatecrisis #ClimateJustice #socialjustice #policestate #repression #fascism #deforestation #biodiversitydecline
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Diamondback Terrapin
This mama turtle was pretty chill. She didn't even fully retract when I approached, although she froze. So I backed up, but she stayed there for a few before scooting to the water.
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Diamondback Terrapin
An endangered species, this is the only estuarine turtle in North America. This is also their nesting season, and these turtles can be encountered walking across the paths to and from nesting sites at this preserve.
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David Sirota: Working Class Will Be “Deeply Harmed” by Biden’s “Big Win” on Debt Ceiling
"President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a debt ceiling deal into law that averts a catastrophic default by the United States through January 1, 2025, hailing it as a “big win” for the country. Critics say the agreement protects wealthy corporations and tax dodgers while imposing new cuts on key social programs and expanding work requirements for some recipients of food stamps. The legislation has also been called a “dirty deal” by climate activists because it rolls back environmental regulations and fast-tracks the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia, a pet project of powerful Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. “The working class of this country was deeply harmed by this bill,” says investigative journalist David Sirota of The Lever. He also faults Democratic leaders for not raising the debt ceiling after the midterm elections, when the party still had control of Congress. “What you see is a picture of a party that wanted this outcome,” says Sirota."
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/5/david_sirota_debt_deal
#climatechange #ClimateCrisis #climatejustice #biodiversitydecline #socialjustice #Biden #WorkingClass #systemchange
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Amazonia and the World:
A Threatened Realm of Life and Stories"A brief overview of the history of the Amazon gives an idea of how essential rainforests are. Occupying 12% of the world’s surface, they’re part of the solution to the planet’s present climate catastrophe and illustrate a lot about how it happened. In addition to facing up to past horrors, inflicted by the “enlightened” West, history also shows how centuries-old crimes against small groups in local places, justified by “us and them” thinking (which includes human exceptionalism vis-à-vis all other species), have long-term world-wide consequences. Usually tucked away behind other facts and figures, the single statistic that most tragically and shockingly defines the wonder that is Amazonia is this: “Over a period of 400 years, the Amazon Indian population has shrunk from an estimated six million to perhaps 200,000 today”. Everything we see in the current climate catastrophe is somehow related with this. Once interconnected people, animals, birds, plants, habitats, rivers, soil, air, heat, winds, rain have been harmed to such an extent that vital interactions are severed and the whole planet is affected. Ursula Le Guin sums it up with her title of 1972: The Word for World Is Forest. But the rainforests’ plight isn’t science fiction."
#Indigenous #socialjustice #environmentaljustice #rainforest #amazon #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #indigenousrights
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Book: A perfect storm in the Amazon
"Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy."
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/book-a-perfect-storm-in-the-amazon/
#climatechange #climatejustice #Deforestration #Amazon #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline
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Safe and just’ climate boundary has already been breached, says contested study
"Now, more than a decade after planetary boundaries were first proposed, the updated Earth-system boundaries framework explores how to keep the planet stable while minimising “significant harm” to humans and other species, using a “justice framework”.
The authors select five of the nine original planetary systems – climate, biosphere, water, nutrients and air pollution – and identify eight key, quantifiable indicators that can monitor these systems.
These indicators – including warming level, area of natural ecosystems and surface-water flow – were “carefully chosen” to be “implementable for stakeholders in cities, businesses, countries across the world”, Rockström told a press briefing.
For each indicator, the authors assess the conditions needed to avoid “significant harm” at both global and local scales, taking into account the following justice considerations:
- Interspecies justice: prioritising other species and ecosystems in addition to humanity.
- Intergenerational justice: considering how actions taken today will impact future generations.
- Intragenerational justice: accounting for factors including race, class and gender, which “underpin inequality, vulnerability and the capacity to respond” to changes in planetary systems. [...]"
#planetaryboundaries #climatechange #biodiversitydecline #extinction #environmentalcrisis #biosphere #climatejustice