#humanimpact — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #humanimpact, aggregated by home.social.
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Alex Shuper Illustrates Human Footprints on Landscapes Through 3D Art
📰 Original title: A Profound Human Impact on the Land
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/alex-shuper-illustrates-human-footprints-on-landscapes-through-3d-art.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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Alex Shuper Illustrates Human Footprints on Landscapes Through 3D Art
📰 Original title: A Profound Human Impact on the Land
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/alex-shuper-illustrates-human-footprints-on-landscapes-through-3d-art.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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Alex Shuper Illustrates Human Footprints on Landscapes Through 3D Art
📰 Original title: A Profound Human Impact on the Land
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/alex-shuper-illustrates-human-footprints-on-landscapes-through-3d-art.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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Alex Shuper Illustrates Human Footprints on Landscapes Through 3D Art
📰 Original title: A Profound Human Impact on the Land
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/alex-shuper-illustrates-human-footprints-on-landscapes-through-3d-art.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social
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#Earth on the edge: How #human #activity is rewriting the #story of #life
#Forests are cleared for #agriculture, rivers are dammed for power, and cities expand relentlessly into habitats once ruled by #wildlife
#EarthOnTheEdge #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity #Conservation #Rewilding #Sustainability #HumanImpact #NatureRestoration #PlanetEarth #EcoAwareness
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#Earth on the edge: How #human #activity is rewriting the #story of #life
#Forests are cleared for #agriculture, rivers are dammed for power, and cities expand relentlessly into habitats once ruled by #wildlife
#EarthOnTheEdge #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity #Conservation #Rewilding #Sustainability #HumanImpact #NatureRestoration #PlanetEarth #EcoAwareness
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#Earth on the edge: How #human #activity is rewriting the #story of #life
#Forests are cleared for #agriculture, rivers are dammed for power, and cities expand relentlessly into habitats once ruled by #wildlife
#EarthOnTheEdge #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity #Conservation #Rewilding #Sustainability #HumanImpact #NatureRestoration #PlanetEarth #EcoAwareness
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#Earth on the edge: How #human #activity is rewriting the #story of #life
#Forests are cleared for #agriculture, rivers are dammed for power, and cities expand relentlessly into habitats once ruled by #wildlife
#EarthOnTheEdge #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity #Conservation #Rewilding #Sustainability #HumanImpact #NatureRestoration #PlanetEarth #EcoAwareness
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#Earth on the edge: How #human #activity is rewriting the #story of #life
#Forests are cleared for #agriculture, rivers are dammed for power, and cities expand relentlessly into habitats once ruled by #wildlife
#EarthOnTheEdge #ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity #Conservation #Rewilding #Sustainability #HumanImpact #NatureRestoration #PlanetEarth #EcoAwareness
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Oh no. The poor LLM companies. It must be so hard for them. Who could have expected that an advanced AND INTENTIONALLY AGREEABLE Eliza Bot could have dangerous implications when released in an unbounded form on the general public 😐
https://www.404media.co/delusion-using-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-safety-ai-psychosis-study/
#SocietalDamage #HumanImpact #FuckGenAI #TheyAreResponsible #TheyDoNotCare #AIPsychosis #ChatbotPsychosis
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Oh no. The poor LLM companies. It must be so hard for them. Who could have expected that an advanced AND INTENTIONALLY AGREEABLE Eliza Bot could have dangerous implications when released in an unbounded form on the general public 😐
https://www.404media.co/delusion-using-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-safety-ai-psychosis-study/
#SocietalDamage #HumanImpact #FuckGenAI #TheyAreResponsible #TheyDoNotCare #AIPsychosis #ChatbotPsychosis
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Oh no. The poor LLM companies. It must be so hard for them. Who could have expected that an advanced AND INTENTIONALLY AGREEABLE Eliza Bot could have dangerous implications when released in an unbounded form on the general public 😐
https://www.404media.co/delusion-using-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-safety-ai-psychosis-study/
#SocietalDamage #HumanImpact #FuckGenAI #TheyAreResponsible #TheyDoNotCare #AIPsychosis #ChatbotPsychosis
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Oh no. The poor LLM companies. It must be so hard for them. Who could have expected that an advanced AND INTENTIONALLY AGREEABLE Eliza Bot could have dangerous implications when released in an unbounded form on the general public 😐
https://www.404media.co/delusion-using-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-safety-ai-psychosis-study/
#SocietalDamage #HumanImpact #FuckGenAI #TheyAreResponsible #TheyDoNotCare #AIPsychosis #ChatbotPsychosis
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Oh no. The poor LLM companies. It must be so hard for them. Who could have expected that an advanced AND INTENTIONALLY AGREEABLE Eliza Bot could have dangerous implications when released in an unbounded form on the general public 😐
https://www.404media.co/delusion-using-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-safety-ai-psychosis-study/
#SocietalDamage #HumanImpact #FuckGenAI #TheyAreResponsible #TheyDoNotCare #AIPsychosis #ChatbotPsychosis
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Human Societies as a Transformative Force in the Anthropocene: Balancing Progress and Sustainability
📰 Original title: A new force of nature is reshaping the planet, study finds
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/human-societies-as-a-transformative-force-in-the-anthropocene-balancing-progress-and-sustainability/?redirpost=b1fc6599-46e8-4c3a-83ee-a97b54d3bfb5
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Human Societies as a Transformative Force in the Anthropocene: Balancing Progress and Sustainability
📰 Original title: A new force of nature is reshaping the planet, study finds
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/human-societies-as-a-transformative-force-in-the-anthropocene-balancing-progress-and-sustainability/?redirpost=b1fc6599-46e8-4c3a-83ee-a97b54d3bfb5
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Human Societies as a Transformative Force in the Anthropocene: Balancing Progress and Sustainability
📰 Original title: A new force of nature is reshaping the planet, study finds
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/human-societies-as-a-transformative-force-in-the-anthropocene-balancing-progress-and-sustainability/?redirpost=b1fc6599-46e8-4c3a-83ee-a97b54d3bfb5
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New #research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus.
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect the data that will bring us closer to understanding – and protecting – killer whales.Our #cetacean #scientists are preparing for an ambitious 2026 field season aboard Raincoast’s Sailing Vessel Achiever. #RaincoastConservationFoundation has joined forces with #EarthSpeciesProject , a #nonprofit research lab using machine learning to advance our understanding of #AnimalCommunication. At the heart of this project is a deceptively simple idea: to watch and listen at the same time. The team aims to uncover how killer whales use sound to coordinate movements, share prey, and maintain social bonds – to ultimately understand and mitigate how noise pollution interferes with these processes.
https://www.raincoast.org/2026/04/underwater-noises-true-impact/
#UnderwaterNoise #orcas #KillerWhales #whales #MarineBiology #MarineMammals #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #nature #wildlife #SentientBeings #Communication #NoisePollution #HumanImpact #IndustrialImpacts #MarineLife #ApexPredator
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New #research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus.
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect the data that will bring us closer to understanding – and protecting – killer whales.Our #cetacean #scientists are preparing for an ambitious 2026 field season aboard Raincoast’s Sailing Vessel Achiever. #RaincoastConservationFoundation has joined forces with #EarthSpeciesProject , a #nonprofit research lab using machine learning to advance our understanding of #AnimalCommunication. At the heart of this project is a deceptively simple idea: to watch and listen at the same time. The team aims to uncover how killer whales use sound to coordinate movements, share prey, and maintain social bonds – to ultimately understand and mitigate how noise pollution interferes with these processes.
https://www.raincoast.org/2026/04/underwater-noises-true-impact/
#UnderwaterNoise #orcas #KillerWhales #whales #MarineBiology #MarineMammals #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #nature #wildlife #SentientBeings #Communication #NoisePollution #HumanImpact #IndustrialImpacts #MarineLife #ApexPredator
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New #research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus.
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect the data that will bring us closer to understanding – and protecting – killer whales.Our #cetacean #scientists are preparing for an ambitious 2026 field season aboard Raincoast’s Sailing Vessel Achiever. #RaincoastConservationFoundation has joined forces with #EarthSpeciesProject , a #nonprofit research lab using machine learning to advance our understanding of #AnimalCommunication. At the heart of this project is a deceptively simple idea: to watch and listen at the same time. The team aims to uncover how killer whales use sound to coordinate movements, share prey, and maintain social bonds – to ultimately understand and mitigate how noise pollution interferes with these processes.
https://www.raincoast.org/2026/04/underwater-noises-true-impact/
#UnderwaterNoise #orcas #KillerWhales #whales #MarineBiology #MarineMammals #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #nature #wildlife #SentientBeings #Communication #NoisePollution #HumanImpact #IndustrialImpacts #MarineLife #ApexPredator
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New #research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus.
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect the data that will bring us closer to understanding – and protecting – killer whales.Our #cetacean #scientists are preparing for an ambitious 2026 field season aboard Raincoast’s Sailing Vessel Achiever. #RaincoastConservationFoundation has joined forces with #EarthSpeciesProject , a #nonprofit research lab using machine learning to advance our understanding of #AnimalCommunication. At the heart of this project is a deceptively simple idea: to watch and listen at the same time. The team aims to uncover how killer whales use sound to coordinate movements, share prey, and maintain social bonds – to ultimately understand and mitigate how noise pollution interferes with these processes.
https://www.raincoast.org/2026/04/underwater-noises-true-impact/
#UnderwaterNoise #orcas #KillerWhales #whales #MarineBiology #MarineMammals #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #nature #wildlife #SentientBeings #Communication #NoisePollution #HumanImpact #IndustrialImpacts #MarineLife #ApexPredator
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New #research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus.
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect the data that will bring us closer to understanding – and protecting – killer whales.Our #cetacean #scientists are preparing for an ambitious 2026 field season aboard Raincoast’s Sailing Vessel Achiever. #RaincoastConservationFoundation has joined forces with #EarthSpeciesProject , a #nonprofit research lab using machine learning to advance our understanding of #AnimalCommunication. At the heart of this project is a deceptively simple idea: to watch and listen at the same time. The team aims to uncover how killer whales use sound to coordinate movements, share prey, and maintain social bonds – to ultimately understand and mitigate how noise pollution interferes with these processes.
https://www.raincoast.org/2026/04/underwater-noises-true-impact/
#UnderwaterNoise #orcas #KillerWhales #whales #MarineBiology #MarineMammals #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #nature #wildlife #SentientBeings #Communication #NoisePollution #HumanImpact #IndustrialImpacts #MarineLife #ApexPredator
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Scientists close to confirming Port Phillip Bay banjo shark breeding location
It takes three researchers to haul a two-metre, sevengill shark out of the water onto a boat in…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #abalonefarms #banjoshark #ClimateChange #deakinguniversity #endangered #gummyshark #humanimpact #MarineScience #researchers #Science #sevengillshark #Sharks #shippingchannels #Stingrays #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Scientists close to confirming Port Phillip Bay banjo shark breeding location
It takes three researchers to haul a two-metre, sevengill shark out of the water onto a boat in…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #abalonefarms #banjoshark #ClimateChange #deakinguniversity #endangered #gummyshark #humanimpact #MarineScience #researchers #Science #sevengillshark #Sharks #shippingchannels #Stingrays #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Scientists close to confirming Port Phillip Bay shark breeding location
It takes three researchers to haul a two-metre, sevengill shark out of the water onto a boat in…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #abalonefarms #AU #Australia #banjoshark #Climatechange #deakinguniversity #endangered #gummyshark #humanimpact #MarineScience #Researchers #Science #sevengillshark #sharks #shippingchannels #Stingrays
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/555748/ -
Scientists close to confirming Port Phillip Bay shark breeding location
It takes three researchers to haul a two-metre, sevengill shark out of the water onto a boat in…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #abalonefarms #AU #Australia #banjoshark #Climatechange #deakinguniversity #endangered #gummyshark #humanimpact #MarineScience #Researchers #Science #sevengillshark #sharks #shippingchannels #Stingrays
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/555748/ -
Scientists close to confirming Port Phillip Bay shark breeding location
It takes three researchers to haul a two-metre, sevengill shark out of the water onto a boat in…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #abalonefarms #AU #Australia #banjoshark #Climatechange #deakinguniversity #endangered #gummyshark #humanimpact #MarineScience #Researchers #Science #sevengillshark #sharks #shippingchannels #Stingrays
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/555748/ -
😆 Oh, look! Another *totally essential* website tracking imaginary billions spent on an imaginary conflict with Iran! 📈 Because nothing says "fiscal responsibility" like counting dollars that aren't even flying out the window while conveniently ignoring the human toll. Bravo, internet! 🎉
https://iranwarcost.com #imaginaryconflict #fiscalresponsibility #humanimpact #websitecritique #internethumor #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh, look! Another *totally essential* website tracking imaginary billions spent on an imaginary conflict with Iran! 📈 Because nothing says "fiscal responsibility" like counting dollars that aren't even flying out the window while conveniently ignoring the human toll. Bravo, internet! 🎉
https://iranwarcost.com #imaginaryconflict #fiscalresponsibility #humanimpact #websitecritique #internethumor #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh, look! Another *totally essential* website tracking imaginary billions spent on an imaginary conflict with Iran! 📈 Because nothing says "fiscal responsibility" like counting dollars that aren't even flying out the window while conveniently ignoring the human toll. Bravo, internet! 🎉
https://iranwarcost.com #imaginaryconflict #fiscalresponsibility #humanimpact #websitecritique #internethumor #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh, look! Another *totally essential* website tracking imaginary billions spent on an imaginary conflict with Iran! 📈 Because nothing says "fiscal responsibility" like counting dollars that aren't even flying out the window while conveniently ignoring the human toll. Bravo, internet! 🎉
https://iranwarcost.com #imaginaryconflict #fiscalresponsibility #humanimpact #websitecritique #internethumor #HackerNews #ngated -
Comparing Flood Inundation Map Features and Diagnosing Decision Support Design Challenges
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70362 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #extremeweather #pluvial #fluvial #water #surfacewater #precipitation #flood #flooding #floodinnundation #innundation #NOAA #FIM #floodinnundationmaps #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #floodresponse #response #naturalhazard #monitoring #forecasting #forecast #visualisation #FIMAN #remotesensing #Copernicus #impactassessment #research #emergencymanagement #humanimpact #safety #publicsafety #risk #hazard #infrastructure #FloodMapper #floodwatch #flashflood
@FEMA | @NOAA | @USGS | -
Comparing Flood Inundation Map Features and Diagnosing Decision Support Design Challenges
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70362 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #extremeweather #pluvial #fluvial #water #surfacewater #precipitation #flood #flooding #floodinnundation #innundation #NOAA #FIM #floodinnundationmaps #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #floodresponse #response #naturalhazard #monitoring #forecasting #forecast #visualisation #FIMAN #remotesensing #Copernicus #impactassessment #research #emergencymanagement #humanimpact #safety #publicsafety #risk #hazard #infrastructure #FloodMapper #floodwatch #flashflood
@FEMA | @NOAA | @USGS | -
Comparing Flood Inundation Map Features and Diagnosing Decision Support Design Challenges
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70362 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #extremeweather #pluvial #fluvial #water #surfacewater #precipitation #flood #flooding #floodinnundation #innundation #NOAA #FIM #floodinnundationmaps #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #floodresponse #response #naturalhazard #monitoring #forecasting #forecast #visualisation #FIMAN #remotesensing #Copernicus #impactassessment #research #emergencymanagement #humanimpact #safety #publicsafety #risk #hazard #infrastructure #FloodMapper #floodwatch #flashflood
@FEMA | @NOAA | @USGS | -
Comparing Flood Inundation Map Features and Diagnosing Decision Support Design Challenges
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70362 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #extremeweather #pluvial #fluvial #water #surfacewater #precipitation #flood #flooding #floodinnundation #innundation #NOAA #FIM #floodinnundationmaps #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #floodresponse #response #naturalhazard #monitoring #forecasting #forecast #visualisation #FIMAN #remotesensing #Copernicus #impactassessment #research #emergencymanagement #humanimpact #safety #publicsafety #risk #hazard #infrastructure #FloodMapper #floodwatch #flashflood
@FEMA | @NOAA | @USGS | -
Comparing Flood Inundation Map Features and Diagnosing Decision Support Design Challenges
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70362 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #extremeweather #pluvial #fluvial #water #surfacewater #precipitation #flood #flooding #floodinnundation #innundation #NOAA #FIM #floodinnundationmaps #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #floodresponse #response #naturalhazard #monitoring #forecasting #forecast #visualisation #FIMAN #remotesensing #Copernicus #impactassessment #research #emergencymanagement #humanimpact #safety #publicsafety #risk #hazard #infrastructure #FloodMapper #floodwatch #flashflood
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Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience #HumanImpact #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #OceanWarming #WarmingStripes #EnvironmentalCrisis #Oceans
https://the-14.com/climate-fingerprints-mark-human-activity-from-the-top-of-the-atmosphere-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/ -
Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience #HumanImpact #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #OceanWarming #WarmingStripes #EnvironmentalCrisis #Oceans
https://the-14.com/climate-fingerprints-mark-human-activity-from-the-top-of-the-atmosphere-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/ -
Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience #HumanImpact #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #OceanWarming #WarmingStripes #EnvironmentalCrisis #Oceans
https://the-14.com/climate-fingerprints-mark-human-activity-from-the-top-of-the-atmosphere-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/ -
Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience #HumanImpact #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #OceanWarming #WarmingStripes #EnvironmentalCrisis #Oceans
https://the-14.com/climate-fingerprints-mark-human-activity-from-the-top-of-the-atmosphere-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/ -
Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience #HumanImpact #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #OceanWarming #WarmingStripes #EnvironmentalCrisis #Oceans
https://the-14.com/climate-fingerprints-mark-human-activity-from-the-top-of-the-atmosphere-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/ -
Post 9: Ignorance of Innocence, Plain Member and Citizen
Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949 that we abuse land because we see it as commodity. When we see it as our community to which we belong, we tend to use it with more respect.
Becoming a “plain member and citizen” of the biosphere means relinquishing exceptionalism. We are not the rulers of Earth. We are one species among millions. We are participants in an ancient web of relationships, nodes in the biosphere’s cognitive community.
Acceptance requires the demise of the industrial ego. We must realize that we do not stand apart from nature. Technological prowess allows us to use and wreck planetary systems, but we need those systems to survive. The contemporary industrial ego with its desire for eternal growth permeates modern consciousness so thoroughly that alternatives seem impossible. Yet it is hubris. It is a recent development enabled by fossil fuel abundance. It will not survive the thermodynamic correction now underway.
What emerges from the correction does not have to be humanity’s diminishment it could be our fulfillment. Our intelligence can mature into sapience. We need not reject civilization but right-size it to sustainable scale.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
[Donate and help Us Keep Knowledge Free]
#AnimalRightsWelfare #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #HumanImpact #InnocenceOfIgnorance #NatureConservation
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Post 9: Ignorance of Innocence, Plain Member and Citizen
Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949 that we abuse land because we see it as commodity. When we see it as our community to which we belong, we tend to use it with more respect.
Becoming a “plain member and citizen” of the biosphere means relinquishing exceptionalism. We are not the rulers of Earth. We are one species among millions. We are participants in an ancient web of relationships, nodes in the biosphere’s cognitive community.
Acceptance requires the demise of the industrial ego. We must realize that we do not stand apart from nature. Technological prowess allows us to use and wreck planetary systems, but we need those systems to survive. The contemporary industrial ego with its desire for eternal growth permeates modern consciousness so thoroughly that alternatives seem impossible. Yet it is hubris. It is a recent development enabled by fossil fuel abundance. It will not survive the thermodynamic correction now underway.
What emerges from the correction does not have to be humanity’s diminishment it could be our fulfillment. Our intelligence can mature into sapience. We need not reject civilization but right-size it to sustainable scale.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
[Donate and help Us Keep Knowledge Free]
#AnimalRightsWelfare #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #HumanImpact #InnocenceOfIgnorance #NatureConservation
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Post 9: Ignorance of Innocence, Plain Member and Citizen
Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949 that we abuse land because we see it as commodity. When we see it as our community to which we belong, we tend to use it with more respect.
Becoming a “plain member and citizen” of the biosphere means relinquishing exceptionalism. We are not the rulers of Earth. We are one species among millions. We are participants in an ancient web of relationships, nodes in the biosphere’s cognitive community.
Acceptance requires the demise of the industrial ego. We must realize that we do not stand apart from nature. Technological prowess allows us to use and wreck planetary systems, but we need those systems to survive. The contemporary industrial ego with its desire for eternal growth permeates modern consciousness so thoroughly that alternatives seem impossible. Yet it is hubris. It is a recent development enabled by fossil fuel abundance. It will not survive the thermodynamic correction now underway.
What emerges from the correction does not have to be humanity’s diminishment it could be our fulfillment. Our intelligence can mature into sapience. We need not reject civilization but right-size it to sustainable scale.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
[Donate and help Us Keep Knowledge Free]
#AnimalRightsWelfare #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #HumanImpact #InnocenceOfIgnorance #NatureConservation
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Post 9: Ignorance of Innocence, Plain Member and Citizen
Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949 that we abuse land because we see it as commodity. When we see it as our community to which we belong, we tend to use it with more respect.
Becoming a “plain member and citizen” of the biosphere means relinquishing exceptionalism. We are not the rulers of Earth. We are one species among millions. We are participants in an ancient web of relationships, nodes in the biosphere’s cognitive community.
Acceptance requires the demise of the industrial ego. We must realize that we do not stand apart from nature. Technological prowess allows us to use and wreck planetary systems, but we need those systems to survive. The contemporary industrial ego with its desire for eternal growth permeates modern consciousness so thoroughly that alternatives seem impossible. Yet it is hubris. It is a recent development enabled by fossil fuel abundance. It will not survive the thermodynamic correction now underway.
What emerges from the correction does not have to be humanity’s diminishment it could be our fulfillment. Our intelligence can mature into sapience. We need not reject civilization but right-size it to sustainable scale.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
[Donate and help Us Keep Knowledge Free]
#AnimalRightsWelfare #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #HumanImpact #InnocenceOfIgnorance #NatureConservation
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Post 9: Ignorance of Innocence, Plain Member and Citizen
Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949 that we abuse land because we see it as commodity. When we see it as our community to which we belong, we tend to use it with more respect.
Becoming a “plain member and citizen” of the biosphere means relinquishing exceptionalism. We are not the rulers of Earth. We are one species among millions. We are participants in an ancient web of relationships, nodes in the biosphere’s cognitive community.
Acceptance requires the demise of the industrial ego. We must realize that we do not stand apart from nature. Technological prowess allows us to use and wreck planetary systems, but we need those systems to survive. The contemporary industrial ego with its desire for eternal growth permeates modern consciousness so thoroughly that alternatives seem impossible. Yet it is hubris. It is a recent development enabled by fossil fuel abundance. It will not survive the thermodynamic correction now underway.
What emerges from the correction does not have to be humanity’s diminishment it could be our fulfillment. Our intelligence can mature into sapience. We need not reject civilization but right-size it to sustainable scale.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
[Donate and help Us Keep Knowledge Free]
#AnimalRightsWelfare #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #HumanImpact #InnocenceOfIgnorance #NatureConservation
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Post 8: Ignorance of Innocence, Three Principles of Maturation
Three principles define the shift from adolescence to maturity, from destroyer to steward.
Ecocentricity means rejecting the view that nature exists for human utility. It means recognizing intrinsic value throughout the biosphere. Rivers have worth independent of irrigation potential. Forests matter beyond timber value. Species deserve protection not for ecosystem services but because they exist. New Zealand’s Whanganui River, granted legal personhood in 2017, embodies this principle in law.
Interdependence means acknowledging that no organism exists alone. The illusion of independence proves strong in urban societies, where food appears in supermarkets and water flows from taps. Ecology shows this illusion is fiction. Every organism depends on countless others. Human wellbeing requires biosphere wellbeing.
Reciprocity means moving from extraction to exchange. Industrial civilization takes resources, produces goods, and discards waste while the biosphere receives nothing in return except degradation. Reciprocity asks not only what we can extract but what we can contribute to ecosystem health. This is partnership, not parasitism.
Together, these principles transform the human-biosphere relationship from exploitation to citizenship.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
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Post 8: Ignorance of Innocence, Three Principles of Maturation
Three principles define the shift from adolescence to maturity, from destroyer to steward.
Ecocentricity means rejecting the view that nature exists for human utility. It means recognizing intrinsic value throughout the biosphere. Rivers have worth independent of irrigation potential. Forests matter beyond timber value. Species deserve protection not for ecosystem services but because they exist. New Zealand’s Whanganui River, granted legal personhood in 2017, embodies this principle in law.
Interdependence means acknowledging that no organism exists alone. The illusion of independence proves strong in urban societies, where food appears in supermarkets and water flows from taps. Ecology shows this illusion is fiction. Every organism depends on countless others. Human wellbeing requires biosphere wellbeing.
Reciprocity means moving from extraction to exchange. Industrial civilization takes resources, produces goods, and discards waste while the biosphere receives nothing in return except degradation. Reciprocity asks not only what we can extract but what we can contribute to ecosystem health. This is partnership, not parasitism.
Together, these principles transform the human-biosphere relationship from exploitation to citizenship.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
[Donate]
#AnimalRightsWelfare #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #extinction #HumanImpact #InnocenceOfIgnorance #NatureConservation
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Post 8: Ignorance of Innocence, Three Principles of Maturation
Three principles define the shift from adolescence to maturity, from destroyer to steward.
Ecocentricity means rejecting the view that nature exists for human utility. It means recognizing intrinsic value throughout the biosphere. Rivers have worth independent of irrigation potential. Forests matter beyond timber value. Species deserve protection not for ecosystem services but because they exist. New Zealand’s Whanganui River, granted legal personhood in 2017, embodies this principle in law.
Interdependence means acknowledging that no organism exists alone. The illusion of independence proves strong in urban societies, where food appears in supermarkets and water flows from taps. Ecology shows this illusion is fiction. Every organism depends on countless others. Human wellbeing requires biosphere wellbeing.
Reciprocity means moving from extraction to exchange. Industrial civilization takes resources, produces goods, and discards waste while the biosphere receives nothing in return except degradation. Reciprocity asks not only what we can extract but what we can contribute to ecosystem health. This is partnership, not parasitism.
Together, these principles transform the human-biosphere relationship from exploitation to citizenship.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
[Donate]
#AnimalRightsWelfare #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #extinction #HumanImpact #InnocenceOfIgnorance #NatureConservation
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Post 8: Ignorance of Innocence, Three Principles of Maturation
Three principles define the shift from adolescence to maturity, from destroyer to steward.
Ecocentricity means rejecting the view that nature exists for human utility. It means recognizing intrinsic value throughout the biosphere. Rivers have worth independent of irrigation potential. Forests matter beyond timber value. Species deserve protection not for ecosystem services but because they exist. New Zealand’s Whanganui River, granted legal personhood in 2017, embodies this principle in law.
Interdependence means acknowledging that no organism exists alone. The illusion of independence proves strong in urban societies, where food appears in supermarkets and water flows from taps. Ecology shows this illusion is fiction. Every organism depends on countless others. Human wellbeing requires biosphere wellbeing.
Reciprocity means moving from extraction to exchange. Industrial civilization takes resources, produces goods, and discards waste while the biosphere receives nothing in return except degradation. Reciprocity asks not only what we can extract but what we can contribute to ecosystem health. This is partnership, not parasitism.
Together, these principles transform the human-biosphere relationship from exploitation to citizenship.
[Read the series introduction and access all nine essays here.]
[Donate]
#AnimalRightsWelfare #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #extinction #HumanImpact #InnocenceOfIgnorance #NatureConservation