#extinctions — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #extinctions, aggregated by home.social.
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It's too hot for camels to survive.
“Experts say camels comfortably beat the heat up to 40°C… (but) in many parts of the Sahara, summer temperatures now frequently exceed 50°C… (and) the unprecedented intensity of current heatwaves directly threatens their vital functions, turning this historically resilient animal into a climate victim”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlxvvw06pqo
#extinction #extinctions #heatwaves #temperature #temperatures #niches #climateChange #ecology #massExtinction #collapse #Africa
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Activities force climate shifts, which in turn disable life.
Some mitigation could be envisaged:
"Maintaining functioning ecosystems in a hotter world will require mass-scale assisted colonisation, so appropriate conservation policy, legislative frameworks and regulating bodies must be urgently developed."
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70027#climatePolicy #deregulation #extinctions #extinction #climateChange #ecology #massExtinction #adaptation #globalHeating #survival
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"I synthesized 485 studies and more than 5 million projections to produce a quantitative global assessment of climate change extinctions.
"With increased certainty, this meta-analysis suggests that extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C. "
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp4461#extinctions #extinction #climateChange #ecology #massExtinction
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Broadscale clearing in NSW
'Invasive native species' "is a term unique to NSW and it's creating a legal pathway to destroy native vegetation."
"Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
It has released a report showing more than 3.2 million hectares of native vegetation in NSW are approved for land clearing under the INS code.""NSW government data released last week showed land-clearing rates rose 16 per cent from 2023 to 2024, with nearly half of authorised native vegetation clearing carried out under the INS provisions."
"The term 'invasive native species' is meant to conjure up images of a threatening, nasty wasteland that we need to somehow improve … but in fact, it's become a backdoor method for broadscale clearing, as far as I'm concerned." Professor Eldridge >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nature-conservation-council-invasive-native-species-farmers/106945940
#LandClearing #NSW #pastoralism #overgrazing #meat #extractivism #Conservation #INS #biodiversity #harm #extinctions #destruction #governance -
How media covers death and destruction in nature
Explicit content warnings needed for ecological disasters?"Disasters that affect our ecosystems can generate anxiety, grief and a sense of helplessness, which media reporting can amplify."
"SA’s experience with the algal bloom suggests it’s time to extend the logic of existing media guidelines into the environmental domain. A dedicated framework for reporting on environmental disasters would not censor or dilute journalism. It would strengthen it." >>
https://theconversation.com/media-coverage-of-environmental-disasters-doesnt-come-with-a-content-warning-its-time-for-change-286564
#ecocide #trauma #destruction #harm #ecosystems #grief #EmotionalBracing #news #HABs #MSM #narrative #experiences #exposure #TriggerWarnings #ContentWarnings #DistressingContent #MassMortalities #FossilFuels #extractivism #environmental #disasters #biodiversity #extinctions -
Extinction
18 x 24"#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #expressionism #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
Made by Hand: — The Language of Drawing & Painting
From the Basics to Expressive Art
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18BZ3LYxV--ZuPrlHY0_HZghzuhO_64_F/view -
Urban Tree (revised)
#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
Alt text: Landscape motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
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"Night shades - and denial"
24 x 28"#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #SciArt #BlueSkyArt #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
Alt text: Landscape motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
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Koalas at risk of death once seven-day temperatures rise beyond 27C
Nutritional and climate refugia for koalas"Extreme heat is a major factor in the number of deaths and hospitalisations of Australians every year....An analysis of 11,862 koala rescue admissions to NSW animal hospitals found the marsupials were more likely to die when the seven-day average maximum temperature was greater than 27 degrees Celsius."
"Dr Mella said water stations could be left out as well as shade structures built for koalas in hot regions like north-west NSW. We do that for cattle and we do that for animals that we use for our needs, so we really should be doing it for wildlife as well."
When koalas rests low to the ground in the shade trying to beat the heat they are usually chased and injured by dogs and car. >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-05-27/koala-deaths-linked-to-a-few-extra-degrees-of-heat/106722276
#Koalas #refugia #FossilFuels #heatwaves #drought #climate #cars #sprawl #dogs #NSW #MassMortalities #widllife #extinctions #DomesticAnimals #HeatRelatedRisks #biodiversity -
"Incident on Route 22"
Diary of My Art - PDF
Book in progress - intended for students and aspiring artists.https://drive.google.com/file/d/18BZ3LYxV--ZuPrlHY0_HZghzuhO_64_F/view?usp=sharing
#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
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Emotion in Art
Updated topic and painting.Diary of My Art - PDF
A book in progress intended for students and aspiring artists.https://drive.google.com/file/d/18BZ3LYxV--ZuPrlHY0_HZghzuhO_64_F/view?usp=sharing
#PAINTING #drawing #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt -
National environmental standards ?
"Federal government accused of watering down proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems."
“There’s no requirement for these processes to actually deliver the outcomes and objectives expressed in the standard.”
"...Australia’s populations of threatened species had declined, on average, by 50% over the past two decades." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/02/federal-government-accused-of-watering-down-proposal-to-protect-australias-threatened-species-and-ecosystems
#biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #destruction #harm #extractivism #extinctions #StreamlineEnvironmentalApprovals #Australia -
What is Expressive Art?
(revised)Diary of My Art -
link to updated book in progress - PDFhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/18BZ3LYxV--ZuPrlHY0_HZghzuhO_64_F/view?usp=sharing
#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt -
In a world increasingly dominated by #AI -generated images, the rare and valued thing will be expressive art—driven by emotion, expressed through composition, conceived by the human mind, and carried out by the human hand.
Diary of My Art -
link to updated book in progress - PDF
zoom to 60% to browse topicshttps://drive.google.com/file/d/18BZ3LYxV--ZuPrlHY0_HZghzuhO_64_F/view?usp=sharing
#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt -
Hermetic art: challenging easy interpretation
Diary of My Art - link to updated book in progress - in PDF format
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18BZ3LYxV--ZuPrlHY0_HZghzuhO_64_F/view?usp=sharing
#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArtAlt text - open PDF file to zoom in.
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Unfortunately, for illustrators with career ambitions, #AI makes purely illustrative objectives as easy as providing a few parameters.
Diary of My Art -
link to updated book in progress - in PDF format
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18BZ3LYxV--ZuPrlHY0_HZghzuhO_64_F/view?usp=sharing
#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
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Wood
17 x 24" revised#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
Alt text: Landscape motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
Recent Paintings:
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Buckwampum
24 x 30"#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #SciArt #BlueSkyArt #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
Alt text: Landscape motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
Recent Paintings:
https://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html -
Fish Kill
18 x 24" revised#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #SciArt #BlueSkyArt #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
Alt text: Fish extinction motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
Recent Paintings:
https://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html -
Earth
16 x 22" revised#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #
Alt text: Landscape motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
Recent Paintings:
https://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html -
The Environmentalist
#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #TraditionalArt #HandmadeArt
Alt text: head with tree motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
Recent Paintings:
https://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html -
Destroying Australia's biodiversity
"The decisions of our political leaders, who continue to approve fossil fuel project expansions and widespread land clearing and habitat destruction, are coming home to roost in ever more predictable, catastrophic and emotionally confronting ways. "
"There is a tragic inevitability about what ... bats – and, indeed, countless other species – confront in this “new normal”. If we continue to destroy their habitats, and politicians wave through yet more coal and gas approvals, even more mass mortality events could be a matter of when, not if."
"There was a time when the dire potential consequences of climate change and environmental destruction were warnings, calls from scientists and experts for increased and urgent action. Now an unsettling possibility feels like a disturbing reality...We must change course."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/01/a-scorching-summer-has-left-australian-wildlife-on-the-brink-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way
#biodiversity #wildlife #water #FossilFuels #CoalandGas #heatwaves #extinctions #climate #deforestation #MassMortalityEvents #destruction -
Flounder
24 x 18" revised#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions
Alt text: fish motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
Recent Paintings:
https://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html -
Urban Tree
15 x 22"#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions
Alt text: tree motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
Recent Paintings:
https://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html -
Pines revised
24" x 18"#PAINTING #art #abstract #AbstractArt #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions
Alt text: Landscape motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
Recent Paintings:
https://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html -
Migrations
22 x 18"#PAINTING #art #abstract #abstractart #Nature #MastoArt #fediart #MastoArt #Fediverse #ClimateChange #extinctions #SciArt #BlueSkyArt
Alt text: Landscape motif - forming with color aspects of nature with paint.
More Recent Paintings:
https://karlpabuckwampum-art.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post.html