"Perhaps for the first time in history, we have the ability to live and create with an honest and in-integrity assessment of our impact and responsibility for each other, our one shared planet, and all life on it. This article talks about one way to do this. "
"https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/honesty-and-integrity/
#Integrity #Honesty #EthicalLiving #SustainableFuture #Transparency #CollectiveResponsibility #ConsciousLiving #BetterWorld #SharedPlanet #OneCommunityGlobal
Africa is bigger than China, the US, Eastern Europe & India combined.
Since Earth is a sphere, flat maps dramatically distort the size of continents.
Source: Bryan Christie & Kai Krause for Scientific American #SharedPlanet #science
Over 100M years ago, titanosaur ‘Patagotitan mayorum‘ wandered around what is now Argentina. It grew >120 feet long, 28 feet tall & weighed ~ 70 tons. (That’s longer than a blue whale!)
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/news-posts/meet-patagotitan-mayorum #science #history #SharedPlanet
I should add that on #Mastodon, it's very helpful to use hashtags.
I tend to include #science & #history in my posts, but I've also created hashtags to keep related posts easily accessible.
For example, #HistoryRemix is a series highlighting diverse pioneers in science & the arts. #SharedPlanet is all about the biodiversity of life on Earth.
The #fediverse is different than other social networks bc we get to build & curate our experience. It's us, not an algorithm. /2
Scientific illustrator Mark Balen of @artscistudios has a wonderful new infographic out: The Global Biomass of Mammalian Life
And Earth is full of cows. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/biomass-of-mammals/ #SharedPlanet
Takahē once roamed across New Zealand’s South Island, but introduced predators, hunting, habitat destruction & competition for food have taken a heavy toll.
For ~50 years, these flightless #birds were presumed extinct, but they were rediscovered in 1948.
Today there are less than 500 takahē left, but numbers have been increasing through successful conservation measures.
https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/takahe/ #SharedPlanet #conservation #science
Not long ago, the enormous Haast's eagle soared over New Zealand.
Weighing almost 40lbs (18kg) with a wingspan up to ~10ft (3m), they likely feasted on the gigantic moa birds I described in an earlier post. Maori oral tradition also suggests they may have attacked human children.
So what happened to this fierce apex predator? Once the moa disappeared due to excess hunting after the arrival of people, Haast’s eagle followed around 1400. https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/haasts-eagle. #SharedPlanet #science #nature
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