‘A different dimension of loss’: the entomologists confronting the great insect die-off
Scientists have identified 2 million species of living things. No one knows how many more are out there, and tens of thousands may be vanishing before we have even had a chance to encounter them.
#Insects #InsectApocoplype #extinction #MassExtinction #SixthMassExtinction #BioDiversity #BioDiversityLoss #EcologicalCrisis
The long read: Scientists have identified 2 million species of living things. No one knows how many more are out there, and tens of thousands may be vanishing before we have even had a chance to encounter them
'The sixth great #extinction is happening', conservation expert warns
“We’re in the midst of the sixth great extinction,” Dr Goodall tells me during our interview for BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science. “The more we can do to restore nature and protect existing forests, the better.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93qvqx5y01o
#MassExtinction #SixthMassExtinction #environment #nature #climate #ClimateChange
The scientific consensus is that the current rate of #extinction of all species is between 100 and 1000 times the background rate. That is the signature of a #MassExtinction event that has already begun, in this case, the #SixthMassExtinction on this planet. That is scientific fact, not a prediction.
Whether the human race becomes extinct as a result is less certain. The #collapse of civilisation as we know it much more certain, in my view.
It is Tuesday 12th November 2024. This climbing rose is in my garden in the Midlands of the United Kingdom.
There are no red grapes from Spain in the Coop food store at the end of my road, only green ones from Brazil.
The average global temperature for 2024 is about to exceed the 1.5C limit for #GlobalWarming set in the #ParisAgreement
#CO2 levels in the atmosphere are at a record high for the time of year and not just rising, but accelerating year on year.
The current #extinction rate of all species is between 100 and 1000 times the background rate. That is the signature of a #MassExtintion, the #SixthMassExtinction in the history of this planet.
Food prices here are increasing rapidly as #climate disasters and #ExtremeWeather hit various parts of Europe, which supplies 40% of our food, whilst in the UK the potato harvest is 15% down on the norm.
Our prime minister is at the 29th meeting of nations regarding #ClimateChange, #COP29, making meaningless promises about what will be done to fix it. The head of the meeting is discussing #oil and #gas deals with delegates from the #FossilFuel industry.
The question now is not whether #CivilisationCollapse will or will not occur, but when. And what disasters will occur and in what order as the majority of the population of this planet dies of hunger.
My prediction is that by 2040 if you are not growing your own food, you will not be eating. And if you are growing your own food, then roving armed bands of hungry thugs will be trying to steal it.
Now off to said Coop to buy quiche and pasta salad for supper while I still can.
Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction
Scientists assessing dangers posed to the world’s #trees have revealed that more than a third of species are facing #extinction in the wild.
The number of threatened trees now outweighs all threatened birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians put together, according to the latest update to the official extinction red list.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24558g69mgo
#MassExtinction #SixthMassExtinction #Biodiversity #BiodiversityLoss #nature #environment #collapse #Collapse2040
Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds
Human activity is continuing to drive what conservation charity the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) calls a "catastrophic" loss of species.
The report also warns nature loss and climate change are fast pushing the world towards irreversible #TippingPoints, including the potential "collapse" of the #Amazon rainforest, whereby it can no longer lock away planet-warming carbon and mitigate the impacts of #ClimateChange.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3j0vzpl3o
#Extimction #MassExtinction #SixthMassExtinction #Collapse #Collapse2040 #Environment #EcologicalBreakdown
For some time now I have considered that #Climate and #Environment #Doomerism is, actually, the only realistic approach. Pretending that we are not thoroughly f*cked on multiple levels actively prevents:
1) Challenging the widespread delusion that we are doing anything near what actually needs to be done
2) Preparing for the impending societal #Collapse that will affect everyone in ways that they simply don't understand, and don't want to understand.
#CivilisationCollapse #civilisationcollapse2040 #Collapse2040 #Doomers #ClimateChange #Extinction #MassExtinction #SixthMassExtinction
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