Dezene Huber 🌻<p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NatureServe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureServe</span></a>, which curates <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> data from across <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> 🇨🇦 and the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/United" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>United</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/States" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>States</span></a> 🇺🇸 estimates that “40% of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> and 34% of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> in the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> are at risk of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a>, while 41% of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> are facing <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a>.”</p><p>Each extinction is forever, and can create an unfillable <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/functional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>functional</span></a> gap in an ecosystem.</p><p>Collapse begets collapse - of ecosystems, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a>, and <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/societies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>societies</span></a>. We are collectively on a <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> track.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/huge-chunk-plants-animals-us-risk-extinction-report-2023-02-06/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/environme</span><span class="invisible">nt/huge-chunk-plants-animals-us-risk-extinction-report-2023-02-06/</span></a></p>