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  1. @kim_harding

    Same with plastics. Most plastic has been produced (and dumped into the sea) in the last ~15 years or less. We, not our ancestors but we, can choose not to.

    See "cumulative plastic production" at @ourworldindata

    ourworldindata.org/grapher/cum

    Data up to 2019. More than 50% of all plastics ever were produced between 2006 and 2019. The trend continued aggravating, because the total annual plastic production is, as far as I know, still rising.

    #plastics #EcosystemCollapse

  2. “If you destroy nature, you destroy the core on which our economies depend. And that got people’s attention. This is not some kind of a flower-power, tree-hugging exercise. This is core economics. This is core financial stability, core price stability.”

    Frank Elderson, a member of the European Central Bank’s executive board

    #ClimateBreakdown
    #EcosystemCollapse
    #Economics

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

  3. RE: mastodon.social/@BrianHarrod/1

    "studies detected elevated levels of lithium, aluminum, copper, and lead in the stratosphere, exceeding natural meteor input. These metals come from satellite reentries and may nearly double natural metal aerosol concentrations, threatening ozone protection."
    "Space isn’t meant to be Musk’s backyard. While humanity pays the price, Musk just shrugs and keeps aiming at planetary domination"
    #climatechange #democracy #humanrights #EcoClimateEmergency #ecosystemcollapse

  4. Modern agriculture often uses plastic canopies to reduce solar radiation, preventing crop damage.

    A 1,000 years ago palm trees were planted for precisely this purpose, their strong but dynamic shade supporting fruit tree orchards and vegetable gardens that continue to thrive to this day, tended on by centuries.

    Witness the Palmerar of Elx, now protected by a World Heritage Site declaration.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmeral

    A model to copy. Planning for the future isn't that hard. Are we stewards of the land or are we merely stripmining it on our way to somewhere else – and when we run out of places to go, then what. Plus the damage to our ecosystems is incomprehensible, as it would be to remove the air conditioning unit in a heatwave or worse, removing the CO2 scrubber from a spaceship: we fully depend on the environment, at a planetary level, to survive.

    HT mastodont.cat/@davidsegarra/11

    #PalmTrees #agriculture #SustainableAgriculture #EcosystemCollapse

  5. Wildfires are raging out of control in Siberia, producing staggering amounts of emissions. Fire services are facing an ever-increasing shortage of staff.
    Wildfires, CO2, PM2.5
    #climatechange #democracy #humanrights #energytransition #ecosystemcollapse