#humanactivity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #humanactivity, aggregated by home.social.
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Scientists find building blocks of #birdsong's 'spectacular #diversity'
Victoria Gill, July 23, 2026
Excerpt: "This link between the environment and its #NaturalSoundscape, Bacquelé explained, is being transformed by #HumanActivity.
" 'I think this research has opened up a new way to see songs as something [intrinsically] linked with the environment,' he told BBC News.
" 'So, we could try to use these motifs to help us understand how birds could adapt to the new #BackgroundNoise [that we produce].'
"#NaturalSound, Bacquelé added, is an an important part of our own connection to #nature and is worth conserving.
" 'If you think of a #forest, near your town or near your house, you think about the songs of the birds in the morning when you go outside.
" 'And if a bird in a #forest has a specific song, if you destroy the forest, then that song may not be adapted any more to the new environment.' "
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy4eg5dpyzoArchived version:
https://archive.ph/eGDPy#SolarPunkSunday #PreserveNature #Birdsongs #NoisePollution #BioDiversity #ProtectNature #ProtectTheForest
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Scientists find building blocks of #birdsong's 'spectacular #diversity'
Victoria Gill, July 23, 2026
Excerpt: "This link between the environment and its #NaturalSoundscape, Bacquelé explained, is being transformed by #HumanActivity.
" 'I think this research has opened up a new way to see songs as something [intrinsically] linked with the environment,' he told BBC News.
" 'So, we could try to use these motifs to help us understand how birds could adapt to the new #BackgroundNoise [that we produce].'
"#NaturalSound, Bacquelé added, is an an important part of our own connection to #nature and is worth conserving.
" 'If you think of a #forest, near your town or near your house, you think about the songs of the birds in the morning when you go outside.
" 'And if a bird in a #forest has a specific song, if you destroy the forest, then that song may not be adapted any more to the new environment.' "
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy4eg5dpyzoArchived version:
https://archive.ph/eGDPy#SolarPunkSunday #PreserveNature #Birdsongs #NoisePollution #BioDiversity #ProtectNature #ProtectTheForest
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Characterizing Wildfire Behavior With ECOSTRESS Land Surface Temperature Across Four California Case Studies
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103777 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ECOSTRESS #remotesensing #earthobservation #wildfire #increased #frequency #intensity #forestfire #monitoring #hotspot #detection #Rateofspread #HotspotBurn #severity #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #VIIRS #fireradiativepower #FRP #landsurface #temperature #California #casestudy #burn #severity #dNBR #landsat #satellite #WesternUSA #extremeweather #climatechange #water #hydrology #hydrometeorology #drought #humanactivity #humanimpacts #ECOsystemSpaceborneThermalRadiometerExperimentonSpaceStation #ISS #spacestation #LST #rateofspread
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Characterizing Wildfire Behavior With ECOSTRESS Land Surface Temperature Across Four California Case Studies
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103777 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ECOSTRESS #remotesensing #earthobservation #wildfire #increased #frequency #intensity #forestfire #monitoring #hotspot #detection #Rateofspread #HotspotBurn #severity #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #VIIRS #fireradiativepower #FRP #landsurface #temperature #California #casestudy #burn #severity #dNBR #landsat #satellite #WesternUSA #extremeweather #climatechange #water #hydrology #hydrometeorology #drought #humanactivity #humanimpacts #ECOsystemSpaceborneThermalRadiometerExperimentonSpaceStation #ISS #spacestation #LST #rateofspread
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Earth's Glow Flickers: Satellites Reveal Nighttime Light's Turbulent Pulse
New satellite data reveals nighttime light flickers, showing dimming in areas like Ukraine and Syria during conflicts. This changes how we see global events.
#NighttimeLight, #SatelliteData, #UkraineConflict, #GlobalEvents, #HumanActivity
https://newsletter.tf/nighttime-light-dims-during-global-conflicts/
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Nighttime light in conflict zones like Ukraine has dimmed significantly, showing a clear impact from the ongoing Russian invasion. This is a new way to see global events.
#NighttimeLight, #SatelliteData, #UkraineConflict, #GlobalEvents, #HumanActivity
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Britain launches satellite that can see inside buildings
A British-made satellite that can look inside buildings will be launched into space this week. The satellite, made…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #humanactivity #iran #Landsatsatellite #satelliteimagery #Science #Thesatellite #YongbyonNuclearScientificResearchCentre
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Mycorrhizal strategy mediates anthropogenic impacts on plant #RangeFilling in #China#Plant_microbeInteractions | #MycorrhizalAssociation | #PlantGeographicDistribution | #HumanActivity
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Vivid case-study of #invasivespecies - it didn't begin with the purple flowers...
"Up to 40% of Iceland was covered in forest when the Vikings arrived in the ninth century, but more than a millennium of deforestation and sheep farming has resulted in significant desertification. Advocates say the lupin is helping. But Óskarsdóttir says it is not so simple."
#humanactivity #biodiversityloss
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/invasive-species-flowers-iceland-nootka-lupins-lupines-aoe -
Vivid case-study of #invasivespecies - it didn't begin with the purple flowers...
"Up to 40% of Iceland was covered in forest when the Vikings arrived in the ninth century, but more than a millennium of deforestation and sheep farming has resulted in significant desertification. Advocates say the lupin is helping. But Óskarsdóttir says it is not so simple."
#humanactivity #biodiversityloss
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/invasive-species-flowers-iceland-nootka-lupins-lupines-aoe -
'#Wildfires in #Brazil’s #Pantanal #wetland fuelled ‘by #ClimateDisruption’
Devastation in June was made at least four times more likely and 40% more intense by #HumanActivity, scientists have calculated'
'“If the world continues to burn fossil fuels, precious ecosystems like the Pantanal wetland and Amazon rainforest could pass tipping points where natural recovery from wildfires and drought becomes impossible.”'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/08/wildfires-brazil-pantanal-wetland-climate-disruption
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'#Wildfires in #Brazil’s #Pantanal #wetland fuelled ‘by #ClimateDisruption’
Devastation in June was made at least four times more likely and 40% more intense by #HumanActivity, scientists have calculated'
'“If the world continues to burn fossil fuels, precious ecosystems like the Pantanal wetland and Amazon rainforest could pass tipping points where natural recovery from wildfires and drought becomes impossible.”'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/08/wildfires-brazil-pantanal-wetland-climate-disruption
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Researchers Find The Link Between Human Activity And Shifting Weather Patterns In Western North America
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https://phys.org/news/2024-04-link-human-shifting-weather-patterns.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00608-2 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #climatechange #climate #weather #extremeweather #humanactivity #humanimpact #weatherpatterns #NorthAmerica #USWest #USA #drought #flood #watersecurity #naturalhazards #disasters #global #weathersystems #remotesensing #earthobservation #teleconnection #CommunityEarthSystem #numericmodeling #spatiotemporal -
Researchers Find The Link Between Human Activity And Shifting Weather Patterns In Western North America
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https://phys.org/news/2024-04-link-human-shifting-weather-patterns.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00608-2 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #climatechange #climate #weather #extremeweather #humanactivity #humanimpact #weatherpatterns #NorthAmerica #USWest #USA #drought #flood #watersecurity #naturalhazards #disasters #global #weathersystems #remotesensing #earthobservation #teleconnection #CommunityEarthSystem #numericmodeling #spatiotemporal -
Researchers identify human activities as drivers of biodiversity decline in central Mexico's reserves https://phys.org/news/2024-02-human-drivers-biodiversity-decline-central.html #HumanActivity #Biodiversity #Mexico
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Researchers identify human activities as drivers of biodiversity decline in central Mexico's reserves https://phys.org/news/2024-02-human-drivers-biodiversity-decline-central.html #HumanActivity #Biodiversity #Mexico
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#Humanactivity leaves an indelible mark on the #Arctic, as evidenced by a recent study revealing the presence of 13 common #sunscreen and #personalcare #product ingredients in the snowpack of five #Arcticglaciers in the #Svalbard #archipelago.
https://indianf.com/arctic-snow-sunscreen-contaminants/#:~:text=Human%20activity%20leaves%20an%20indelible%20mark%20on%20the%20Arctic%2C%20as%20evidenced%20by%20a%20recent%20study%20revealing%20the%20presence%20of%2013%20common%20sunscreen%20and%20personal%20care%20product%20ingredients%20in%20the%20snowpack%20of%20five%20Arctic%20glaciers%20in%20the%20Svalbard%20archipelago. -
#HumanActivity is powering ‘a new #IndustrialRevolution’ at #sea, say experts
Researchers using #AI and #SatelliteImagery find 75% of #IndustrialFishing is not being publicly tracked, while #WindTurbines now outnumber #OilPlatforms
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/03/human-activity-is-powering-a-new-industrial-revolution-at-sea-say-experts #Fishing -
#HumanActivity is powering ‘a new #IndustrialRevolution’ at #sea, say experts
Researchers using #AI and #SatelliteImagery find 75% of #IndustrialFishing is not being publicly tracked, while #WindTurbines now outnumber #OilPlatforms
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/03/human-activity-is-powering-a-new-industrial-revolution-at-sea-say-experts #Fishing -
Estimated 2 billion tons of #sand and #dust are entering the atmosphere per year: ‘We are in a vicious circle’
Story by Jeremiah Budin, December 11, 2023
"#Pollution and human activity have ripple effects everywhere that plants grow, and one of those effects is that there is less land for plants to grow than ever before.
"According to the United Nations, the world is losing around 386,000 square miles (by some estimates, more than Texas and New Mexico combined) of productive land per year to sand and #DustStorms — the result of #HumanActivity, as Reuters reports.
What is happening?
"The United Nations Convention to Combat #Desertification (#UNCCD) recently issued a report that called attention to the issue of land loss due to #SandStorms, which have hit large areas of #Africa and #Asia. According to the report, at least 25% of the storms could be attributed to human activity, such as #overmining and #overgrazing.
Why is this concerning?
"According to the UNCCD report, 'with impacts far beyond the source regions, an estimated 2 billion tons of sand and dust now enters the atmosphere every year, an amount equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza.' And while sand storms are common in many regions, this new frequency and intensity are not.
“'We are in a vicious circle, where #LandDegradation is fueling #ClimateChange and climate change is exacerbating land loss in the world,' Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD executive secretary, told Reuters.
"Thiaw went on to explain that as the sand storms continue to make an increasing amount of land unfarmable, it affects people’s ability to get food in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries.
“'It goes well beyond individuals,' he said. 'It is affecting the entire community.'
What can be done about it?
"The UNCCD had several recommendations for steps that could be taken to prevent further land loss. For one, it said that funding needs to be increased to tackle the problem, which has drawn less attention so far than other issues caused by human-driven pollution.
"Also, new incentives are needed for the private sector to take responsibility for the land that it destroys.
"As Thiaw told Reuters, #China has been successful at combating desertification and controlling dust, by employing a #LandManagement, #restoration, and #reforestation program."
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Estimated 2 billion tons of #sand and #dust are entering the atmosphere per year: ‘We are in a vicious circle’
Story by Jeremiah Budin, December 11, 2023
"#Pollution and human activity have ripple effects everywhere that plants grow, and one of those effects is that there is less land for plants to grow than ever before.
"According to the United Nations, the world is losing around 386,000 square miles (by some estimates, more than Texas and New Mexico combined) of productive land per year to sand and #DustStorms — the result of #HumanActivity, as Reuters reports.
What is happening?
"The United Nations Convention to Combat #Desertification (#UNCCD) recently issued a report that called attention to the issue of land loss due to #SandStorms, which have hit large areas of #Africa and #Asia. According to the report, at least 25% of the storms could be attributed to human activity, such as #overmining and #overgrazing.
Why is this concerning?
"According to the UNCCD report, 'with impacts far beyond the source regions, an estimated 2 billion tons of sand and dust now enters the atmosphere every year, an amount equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza.' And while sand storms are common in many regions, this new frequency and intensity are not.
“'We are in a vicious circle, where #LandDegradation is fueling #ClimateChange and climate change is exacerbating land loss in the world,' Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD executive secretary, told Reuters.
"Thiaw went on to explain that as the sand storms continue to make an increasing amount of land unfarmable, it affects people’s ability to get food in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries.
“'It goes well beyond individuals,' he said. 'It is affecting the entire community.'
What can be done about it?
"The UNCCD had several recommendations for steps that could be taken to prevent further land loss. For one, it said that funding needs to be increased to tackle the problem, which has drawn less attention so far than other issues caused by human-driven pollution.
"Also, new incentives are needed for the private sector to take responsibility for the land that it destroys.
"As Thiaw told Reuters, #China has been successful at combating desertification and controlling dust, by employing a #LandManagement, #restoration, and #reforestation program."
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#InvasiveSpecies cost humans $423bn each year and threaten world’s #diversity
At least 3,500 harmful invasive species recorded in every region on Earth spread by #HumanActivity, says UN report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/invasive-species-cost-humans-423bn-each-year-and-threaten-worlds-diversity-aoe #Environment #AgeofExtinction -
#InvasiveSpecies cost humans $423bn each year and threaten world’s #diversity
At least 3,500 harmful invasive species recorded in every region on Earth spread by #HumanActivity, says UN report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/invasive-species-cost-humans-423bn-each-year-and-threaten-worlds-diversity-aoe #Environment #AgeofExtinction -
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⚠️⛔️Extinction alert issued for Mexico's vaquita porpoise, less than 12 left (Reuters News VIDEO) #Ukraine #USA #Press #News #Mexico #Climate #ClimateChange #HumanActivity #9yrInvasionofUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
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⚠️⛔️Extinction alert issued for Mexico's vaquita porpoise, less than 12 left (Reuters News VIDEO) #Ukraine #USA #Press #News #Mexico #Climate #ClimateChange #HumanActivity #9yrInvasionofUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
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🦏⚠️ 14 rhinos have been found dead in Chitwan National Park and surrounding buffer zones since the start of the 2022-23 fiscal year.
Many of these deaths could be attributed to human activities such as infrastructure projects, invasive species, and the alarming resurgence of poaching.
Learn more about the situation in this article:
https://loom.ly/u7X0n54#rhinos #rhino #species #article #humanactivity #chitwannationalpark #wildlife #conservation #nationalpark