RealAccountNameHereAug 24, 2023
Zack Labe

Terrible news from a study out today on emperor penguins in the Antarctic (https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00927-x):

"Of the five breeding sites in the region all but one experienced total breeding failure after sea ice break-up before the start of the fledging period of the 2022 breeding season. This is the first recorded incident of a widespread breeding failure of emperor penguins that is clearly linked with large-scale contractions in sea ice extent."

More here: https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/loss-of-sea-ice-causes-catastrophic-breeding-failure-for-emperor-penguins/

Record low 2022 Antarctic sea ice led to catastrophic breeding failure of emperor penguins - Communications Earth & Environment

Four out of five emperor penguin colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica experienced breeding failure in spring 2022 due to unprecedented sea ice loss, according to an analysis of satellite images over 2018–2022.

Nature
Aug 24, 2023 at 3:43pmWeb
Show thread@other95Aug 24, 2023
@ZLabe tragic 😢
Show threadanniemo71Aug 24, 2023

@ZLabe

Heartbreaking & we will *all* be affected in the near future Humanity is nuts, seeing what's happening all over the world but they remain in denial 🤬

Even a couple of my family members
I could place the written evidence & the graphs in front of them, and get the reply, "there have been dramatic highs and lows throughout history but we are still here"

I despair, I do
But...I'm an old woman who apparently *reads too much!*

Perhaps older people have no right to discuss this stuff! 🤬

Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderAug 24, 2023

@anniemo71 @ZLabe

Ask them how we are going to put those millions of years of carbon sequestration back in the ground fast enough.

Millions of years worth.

They will eventually reach a point where they realise old grandma knows so much because old grandma has had more years to read, learn and observe than they have had.

Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderAug 24, 2023

@ZLabe

I saw this on the TV news. Appalling.

Show threadgavinisdie Aug 24, 2023
@ZLabe this is horrible
Show threadVirginia HollowayAug 24, 2023
@ZLabe as much as I know there will be more and more stories like this it is devastating. When will 80% of the human population be unable to breed? Not soon enough.
Show threadBev BallAug 24, 2023
@ZLabe terrible and not surprising. If humans do not stop burning fossil fuel, all living things will die. We don’t hear enough about the destruction of our planet because the ruling class of humans makes lot of money selling fossil burning activities/products (war, cars) and the ruling class owns all media. We are all doomed. Sorry kids…nobody cares about you or your planet.
Show threadMaximilian Overdraft, Esq.Aug 24, 2023
@ZLabe Third article about this I've seen today. Very important that we are watching for vulnerable species and ecosystems and taking actual steps to preserving them, not just counting their demise. Some of those babies should have been saved!
Show threadKevanAug 24, 2023
@ZLabe @JustinMac84 That's just the corporate world ruining it for everyone else.
Show threadBenjaminAug 25, 2023

@ZLabe sad feet

Seriously though, this sucks.

Show threadAmber GreyAug 25, 2023
@ZLabe no this is so awful
Show threadCarinAug 25, 2023

This breaks my heart. :-|

@ZLabe

Show threadAnna FAug 25, 2023
@ZLabe this is the saddest thing. Babies going into the sea, penguins, humans. It’s all so distressing and our leaders just plough on with the fossil fuels like nothing is happening.
Show threadHapHazardAug 25, 2023
@ZLabe The Anthropocene extinction event continues. 😖