Map — A hidden infrastructure
Europe removed a record 602 river barriers last year
Can #ecosystems ‘malfunction’?
We are told the natural #world is ‘breaking down’. But #forests don’t work like aeroplanes or #human hearts
"...When we say an #ecosystem is “breaking down”, we risk disguising our own #values as properties of the world. That move can be rhetorically effective, but it is conceptually misleading..."
#Nature #Science #Environment #Green #Ecology
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/18/can-ecosystems-malfunction?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
17-Jun-2026
Farmed #oysters may help replenish #NewYork’s dwindling wild populations
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1132620
see also my recent feature about restoration of oyster reefs (4 days left before the magic link turns into a pumpkin): https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/all-about-oysters.html
ITHACA, N.Y. – Farmed oysters are mixing with and potentially adding to populations of wild oysters – a once-abundant species in New York’s estuaries and rivers that has declined drastically over the last century. A new study from Cornell University offers genetic evidence and the first documented proof that farmed eastern oysters are adding to and breeding with wild eastern oyster populations in the western and central Long Island Sound.
Sheer madness indeed! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-e-dam-proposal-pushback-northeast-bc-9.7236681

Farmers, First Nations and communities in northeast B.C. are raising concern as the NDP government plans to revive a decades-old proposal for a fourth dam on the Peace River, a project currently banned from being built under provincial law.
Yes, people downstream are concerned about this reckless proposal and the equally reckless and lawless #UCP govt. https://cabinradio.ca/295061/news/environment/concern-in-nwt-about-impact-of-kevin-olearys-alberta-ai-data-centre/
#nwtpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli #AI #DataCentres #WaterisLife #ecosystems