JaneJan 24, 2023
Bread and Circuses

This is *not* the way scientific papers typically begin:
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We are running out of time. Ecosystems across the planet are being destroyed at an accelerating rate. The life sciences – once a field dedicated to the study of living systems and our interactions with them – are increasingly becoming sciences of the dead. Up to one million species are currently threatened with extinction, many of them within decades.
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It's a very good sign, however, an indication that at least some scientists are now ready to speak boldly and unequivocally about the greatest emergency our species has ever faced.

SEE THE FULL PAPER -- https://elifesciences.org/articles/83292

#ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityLoss #Extinction

Point of View: The biospheric emergency calls for scientists to change tactics

The ever-worsening climate and ecological crises calls for life scientists to engage in advocacy and activism to galvanise governments and the public into action.

eLife
Jan 2, 2023 at 5:33pmWeb
Show threadPlip PlopJan 2, 2023

@breadandcircuses
"Motivated by an academic environment that disincentivizes (and even sanctions) social and political critique, many life scientists have resigned themselves to reporting on the consequences of the biospheric emergency, while shying away from its underlying social, economic and political causes."

Some of it is also the types of personalities often drawn to science-introverted, taciturn, asocial..It is awkward to bring stuff up irl..I force myself to some but i don't enjoy it

Show threadAlbert CardonaJan 2, 2023

@breadandcircuses

Enric Sala heard the same call and responded so:

"is a former university professor who saw himself writing the obituary of ocean life, and quit academia to become a full-time conservationist"

""I was describing how ocean life was dying with more and more precision, but not offering a cure. I felt like the doctor who was telling the patient how she was going to die, but not offering a solution."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Sala

#ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityLoss #Extinction

Enric Sala - Wikipedia

Show threadLukas 🥔Jan 3, 2023
@breadandcircuses penned by @FerRacimo et al
Show threadFernando RacimoJan 4, 2023
@lukas @breadandcircuses Thanks for the shoutout! It was a highly collective effort and some of the other co-authors/co-activists are in here too: @SanjaHakala @BrandNewWorld @gaston
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDJan 4, 2023
@FerRacimo @lukas @breadandcircuses @SanjaHakala @BrandNewWorld @gaston So I was preparing for the non-trivial job of searching for the Johnny handles, if any, of these authors... and he just tooted it out 😏
#JohnMastodon #ScientistRebellion
Show threadChristine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖Jan 4, 2023
@breadandcircuses The extinction of the human race will be impeccably documented and peer reviewed.
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDJan 4, 2023
@breadandcircuses This _is_ a remarkable paper. Eclectic and to the point, the bird's eye view. And we've all heard its constituent pieces before 😬
Show threadMatthias WichertJan 4, 2023

@breadandcircuses Well, the first sentence says it all.

In Germany the climate protest movement calls itself „The Last Generation“ - hinting at the fact that WE are the last generation that can still prevent the climate cataclysm. After us, it‘s inevitable - so WE need to act NOW!

Show threadIbotlJan 5, 2023
@breadandcircuses no they end in this way but if we dont want to life in a universe like asimovs foundation trilogie describses it they should biginn so
Show threadRhinos Worry Me has movedJan 23, 2023

@breadandcircuses

Ugh, bloody Chenoweth again!

Link to the thread where I talk about why that research is terrible:
https://climatejustice.rocks/@RhinosWorryMe/109427434718665399

Rhinos Worry Me (@[email protected])

This thread will be about Extinction Rebellion (XR), and the organisations which have followed them (JustStopOil, Insulate Britain, etc). Specifically, about their decision to rely on strictly nonviolent direct action. I'm making the rest unlisted so as not to spam the feed. #ExtinctionRebellion #XR #JustStopOil #JSO #NVDA #Climate #ClimateCrisis 1/8

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