More depressing news: "The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in avian functional diversity—a measure of the range of different roles and functions that birds undertake within the environment—and resulted in the loss of approximately 3 billion years of unique evolutionary history"

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-true-global-impact-species-loss.html

#Nature #AnthropoceneExtinction #Anthropocene

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis

https://youtu.be/yGjCB0Up3U4

Have you noticed the #insects and #bugs out in the world are declining? It's our fault (yes, all of us humans).

We need global change to reverse this, but there are things you can do (or stop doing) to make a small positive difference.

Stop using broad spectrum "solutions" for specific problems. If ants are invading your house, don't kill every bug in and around your house to kill them. Find an ant specific method. Better still, find a #native spider or other ant predator to do the work.

Replace your #introducedspecies plants, shrubs, and trees with #nativespecies equivalents. Build islands of native plants to add to the #HomeGrownNationalPark.

As mentioned in the video, you can contribute to #PlanetWild (and use the code kyle7). Stop using bug zappers.

#SaveTheBugs #AnthropoceneExtinction

We're in/entering the 7th mass extinction. Not 6th. Numbers are poor for naming. 'Holocene extinction' or 'Anthropocene extinction' might be better terms.

https://www.livescience.com/1st-mass-extinction-oxygen-drop

Thanks for sharing:
@fraterphoenix @NadiaYvette
#7thmassextinction #holoceneextinction #anthropoceneextinction