#News: Scientists call for #storytelling in #science to effectively communicate #climatechange and #extinction in order to push for urgent action. Time to connect data with emotion to inspire people. #Biodiversity #ScienceCommunication #SciComms https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250402123035.htm?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Yan et al. explore the #climatic niche breadth of Betula spp.--likely to be a key attribute in their ability to avoid decline or #extinction under #ClimateChange.
Find out more in this remarkable new #JSE paper!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13176
@WileyEcolEvol
#ecology #evolution #PlantSci #botany #OpenAccess
Breaking News #XR #XRItaly
È partita da poco l’occupazione della sede produttiva della #Leonardo spa: https://t.me/XRItaly/3382
#News: While 1000's of extant wild #animals face #extinction, millions are being spent reviving dire wolves in labs. End the major causes of animal extinction now: hunting, illegal wildlife trade, climate change and deforestation.
#Boycott4Wildlife https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/12/why-resurrect-the-dire-wolf-when-existing-animals-are-facing-extinction?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
This is a good start to solving a national problem
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/27/drones-ai-and-one-long-fence-kangaroo-islands-war-on-a-clawed-predator-that-kills-15bn-australian-animals-a-year
#extinction #feralCats
Drones, AI and one long fence: Kangaroo Island’s war on a clawed predator that kills 1.5bn Australian animals a year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/27/drones-ai-and-one-long-fence-kangaroo-islands-war-on-a-clawed-predator-that-kills-15bn-australian-animals-a-year
"Nationally, feral cats kill more than 1.5bn native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs and 1.1bn invertebrates a year. They have contributed to the extinction of more than 20 Australian mammals and can spread diseases to native animals, livestock and humans."
Drones, AI and one long fence: Kangaroo Island’s war on a clawed predator that kills 1.5bn #Australian animals a year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/27/drones-ai-and-one-long-fence-kangaroo-islands-war-on-a-clawed-predator-that-kills-15bn-australian-animals-a-year
STOP SELLING CATS IN PET STORES! Nationally, feral cats kill more than 1.5bn native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs and 1.1bn invertebrates a year. They have contributed to the extinction of more than 20 #Australian mammals & can spread diseases to native animals, & livestock.
#Trump administration fast-tracks #oil and #mining projects, angering #environmentalists
By Mary Cunningham
Updated on: April 25, 2025
"The Trump administration said it will accelerate permit approvals for #mining, #drilling and #FossilFuel production and transportation on public land, fast-tracking a review process that would normally take years.
"In announcing the emergency procedures Wednesday, the Department of the Interior, which oversees the management of federal lands and natural resources, said the permitting process will now take up to '28 days at most' — a drastic departure from the current one- to two-year timeline.
"The government agency said the move is in response to President Trump's January 20 declaration of a national energy emergency. In an executive order on the first day of his second term, the White House said it would 'eliminate harmful, coercive 'climate' policies that increase the costs of food and fuel.' [#ClimateChange, caused by harmful oil, gas and coal, will take care of that! #FAFO!]
"The speedy permitting policy opens the door for the U.S. to expand oil and gas projects and for Mr. Trump to make good on his promise to "#DrillBabyDrill" — a common refrain on his campaign trail. The new guidelines will apply to a wide range of energy projects, including crude #oil, #NaturalGas and #coal.
"The U.S. leads the world in oil and gas production, with an output of 20 million barrels of oil a day and accounting for roughly a quarter of global gas production, according to the International Energy Agency.
"The DOI said it would use #emergency authorities under the National Environmental Policy Act, #EndangeredSpeciesAct and the National #HistoricPreservationAct to expedite the permitting process.
" 'The United States cannot afford to wait,' Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said in a statement on Wednesday. 'President Trump has made it clear that our energy security is national security, and these emergency procedures reflect our unwavering commitment to protecting both.'
Environmental advocates rebuked the announcement, saying that in addition to adverse environmental impacts on public land and water sources, the expedited procedures will strip away community members' ability to weigh in on projects happening in their own backyards. Experts say the move is expected to draw legal challenges."
#LeaveItInTheGround #Oiligarchy #NoDrilling #NoPipelines #BigOilAndGas
#ExtractiveIndustries #USPol #WaterIsLife #SacredSites #WildlifeRefuge #Extinction #CulturalGenocide #Ecocide #MadKingTrump
"There are about 13 million dogs in the UK.
In the US, there are about 90 million"
“Whereas there are only a few thousand wolves left [in the US],” says Wynne (in the UK, they’re extinct).
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/26/whos-a-clever-boy-the-average-dog-has-a-mental-age-of-about-two-but-what-are-they-really-thinking
#biodiversity #pets #dogs #extinction
Redefining the word “harm” to leave out habitat destruction, the biggest cause of #extinction, could be the nail in the coffin for imperiled species across the #UnitedStates and beyond, like Florida #manatees, green sea #turtles and spotted #owls. Speak up now, send a message to Acting Director Souza to protect #endangered #species and their #habitat — and the #EndangeredSpecies Act itself (via Center for Biological #Diversity ):
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/QZ5Ai99gHEOrV3F97EaQ0A2
#wildlife #ESA #wilderness
Lowcountry dolphins at risk with Trump administration funding cuts, group warns #DonaldTrump #Animal #SouthCarolina #climatechange #extinction #MadKingDonald
https://share.newsbreak.com/cs9mk32g
@rootsandcalluses Sighting a mouflon in the north of Germany is a good thing. Some of the large mammal ancestors remain free range in 2025. #megafauna, #extinction.
#Kerala fishermen up in arms against #DeepSeaMining proposal off #Kollam coast
March 22, 2025
"The fishermen in Kerala have already launched several protests against the proposed plan to open up the sea to private mining companies as part of the Union Government’s ‘Blue Economy’ initiative.
"All the fishermen’s associations stand united in their protests against this proposal, alleging that it would bring an end to the fisheries sector in the country, not only in the #ArabianSea but also in the #BayOfBengal.
“ 'The mining, according to the scientific report we have, can disturb the seabed and completely destroy fish spawning habitats. It can also release poisonous gases trapped on the #DeepSeaFloor, causing severe #environmental issues,' Kerala Minister for Fisheries, Saji Cherian, told PTI.
"He said that deep-sea mining requires huge investments and heavy machinery, meaning only #multinational #corporations will be involved, making these areas completely inaccessible to poor fishermen.
"The Kerala government, which is strongly opposing this project, passed a resolution in the Assembly urging the Centre to withdraw it.
"The Minister said the proposed site, off the Kollam shore in Kerala in the Arabian Sea, is very rich in marine resources and serves as a lifeline for fishermen from Kerala and other states.
“ 'We have a highly diverse and extensive fish population in this area. The mining will completely wipe out this habitat, severely affecting the livelihood of fishermen in our region,' Saji Cherian said."
#NoJobsOnADeadPlanet #OceansAreLife #MarineLife #DeepSeaMining #NoDeepSeaMining #DarkOxygen #LifeOnEarth #Extinction #Nodules #Greenwashing #CorporateColonialism #CorporatePolluters
#BatteryAlternatives #NoCobaltMining #RecycleCopper #RecycleCobalt #RecycleZinc #Recycle! #Ecocide #PlanetDestroyers #HumanGreed
#NPR: The U.S. takes a step toward allowing #mining on the ocean floor, a fragile #ecosystem
by Julia Simon, April 25, 2025
"President #Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the deep seafloor, saying it would create 'a robust domestic supply for critical minerals.'
"There is currently no commercial-scale deep-sea mining anywhere in the world. But companies have long eyed the ocean floor as a potential source of metals like nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper, which are used in batteries for electric vehicles and other technologies.
"The world has no rulebook for deep-sea mining. One company is pushing forward anyway
"These metals can be found in potato-sized nodules lying on the ocean floor. Many of the nodules are in the middle of the Pacific ocean, beyond the legal territory of individual countries.
"Thursday's order might circumvent ongoing international negotiations to regulate deep-sea mining.
"Those regions have traditionally been overseen by an international organization, the #InternationalSeabedAuthority (#ISA). The ISA has hosted talks for years to try to hammer out a rulebook to govern a potential seabed mining industry. The U.S. did not ratify the treaty that governs the seabed, and is not a voting member of the ISA, though in the past under previous administrations it has respected the ISA process.
"In his executive order, Trump instructed federal agencies to expedite the process for reviewing and issuing permits for mining on the seafloor in both U.S. and international territory. It will use a U.S. law from 1980, the "#DeepSeabed Hard Mineral Resources Act."
"Scientists and environmental groups condemned the order, arguing that opening the deep seabed for mining could disrupt important marine ecosystems, and damage the fishing industry.
" 'This is being planned on some of the least resilient #ecosystems on the planet,' says Douglas McCauley, professor of ocean science at the University of California Santa Barbara. 'It would have #catastrophic biological consequences.'
"Underwater mining can create plumes of sediment that could suffocate marine life, and degrade the #FoodWebs that fish depend on, McCauley says.
"There are also important questions about whether we actually need to be mining the seabed to get enough of these minerals for technologies like batteries, says Micah Ziegler, assistant professor of energy and chemical systems at Georgia Institute of Technology.
"While a couple of years ago researchers were concerned about the limitations of land-based mining for metals like cobalt and nickel, a variety of alternative #battery chemistries have been developed that might reduce the need for those elements, Ziegler says."
Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-5376482/trump-seabed-mining-executive-order
#OceansAreLife #MarineLife #DeepSeaMining #NoDeepSeaMining
#DarkOxygen #LifeOnEarth #Extinction #Nodules #Greenwashing #CorporateColonialism #CorporatePolluters #TrumpSucks #Idiocracy
#BatteryAlternatives #NoCobaltMining #RecycleCopper #RecycleCobalt #RecycleZinc #Recycle! #Ecocide #PlanetDestroyers #HumanGreed #NoJobsOnADeadPlanet
So, #Trump master plan was for both sides to just stop fighting. And he thought he could achieve that by giving one side everything it wanted, and threatening the other one with #extinction and #extortion.
De Cashan et al. utilize 37 historic and 25 modern koala genomes to show a clear decline in genome-wide heterozygosity over time, and loss of mitochondrial haplotypes. This loss of genetic diversity may compromise the species' resilience.
@statsguy I'm very sorry that you already experience the #extinction of large mammals like elephants, cows, and humans. 
But I'm sure that if we - in the part of the world without #Google #AI - waste enough resources like water and electricity with #LLM, we'll soon be at that point, too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/74ka6u/this_fat_squirrel_steals_an_avocado/
River Road (revised - fin)
17 x 24"
#art #Painting #extinction series
By hand, without photo or #AI assistance.
"As with the dire wolf, the rhino experiment is being watched by skeptics. They question whether genetically engineering a northern white rhino is more of an exercise in technological hubris than genuine conservation."
Elena Kazamia for Nautilus: https://nautil.us/the-last-of-their-kind-1204387/
@martin @radiocanada « beau » dossier! « Je ne comprends pas pourquoi il n’y a pas de révolte, de gens qui descendent dans la rue pour manifester. » : 1- parce que « les gens » lambdas ignorent la chose (trop occupés a- à survivre (guerre, famine, etc) b- à surconsommer) 2- ils s’en contre foute ( voir 1-a ou 1-b) 3- ils sont désillusionnés et ne croient plus au pouvoir de leur voix (pour celleux n’étant pas dans le cas de 1-a ou 1-b). #extinction #DontLookUp #urgence
