Species today typically go extinct due to one or a combination of several factors: humans clearing their habitat, humans purposely or inadvertently introducing invasive species to their habitats, humans polluting their habitats, humans over-harvesting the species for food or other uses, or humans indirectly harming habitats through the effects of climate change. Scientists estimate that species are going extinct 1,000 times faster than they should be, and “literally dozens” go extinct each day.
I think we can basically lock up this thread as Australia burns. Not much more clear indication of our future than the one presented before us
does anyone know what the best organization(s) is to donate to help fund the responders/rescuers/etc in Australia? been seeing the NSW Rural Fire Service and Australian Red Cross, but wasnt sure if there was another better outlet to send $
Humans have always caused mass extinction everywhere we've lived but we're just way way better at it in modern times
Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates theguardian.com/enviro... super. more bleached reefs, faster ice melt and stronger hurricanes and typhoons
New Pearl Jam album will be called "Gigaton". "Did you know... A gigaton is what scientists use to measure the loss of ice from Earth's largest ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. This weight is equivalent to over 100 million elephants or 6 million blue whales. #Gigaton"
There’s a fuckload of permafrost up here and Canada and Siberia. Just gonna be a runaway positive feedback loop.
Polar bears are getting thinner and having fewer cubs. Melting sea ice is to blame cnn.com/2020/0... no fucking shit
Tahoe didn’t get snow the entire month of February. Ski patrol guy my uncle was talking to who’d been working there for 20+ years said he’s never seen anything like it.
Getting pummeled with rain and snow this month, can’t go skiing though. We will see what the annual numbers are after the month.
I like how pandemic is worthy of paywalls being lifted, but not earth winding its way towards catastrophe
https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-...-ailing-oil-companies-get-a-pass-on-royalties On mobile, can't C&P