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Karl Schwartz, Artist advocate<p>Fish motif <br>Extinctions series</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PAINTING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAINTING</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstractart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstractart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtistsOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Karl Schwartz, Artist advocate<p>Urban Tree<br>15 x 22" (revised)</p><p>Alt text: happy to provide on request!<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PAINTING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAINTING</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstractart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstractart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtistsOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Karl Schwartz, Artist advocate<p>78 West<br>13 x 15"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PAINTING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAINTING</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstractart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstractart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtistsOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corals</span></a> That Survive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> Will Be Unrecognizable </p><p>They have endured so much, and to endure this, they’ll have to adapt dramatically.</p><p>By Marina Koren<br>August 28, 2024</p><p>"Earth belonged to the corals first. And over hundreds of millions of years, they proved themselves remarkably good at adapting to each new version of the planet. As other groups of organisms dropped out of existence, corals endured so many catastrophes that their history reads like a biblical tale of resilience. Through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> mass and minor, through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/volcanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volcanic</span></a> eruptions <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/and" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>and</span></a> asteroid strikes, the corals survived. </p><p>"And for tiny marine animals, they managed to exert tremendous force on the planet’s landscape. Corals have raised whole islands into existence. They are the natural guardians of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coastlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coastlines</span></a>; they sustain an estimated quarter of known <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a>. If the reefs ringing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maldives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maldives</span></a> die, an entire nation could erode into the sea. Humans live in these places because corals exist. </p><p>"The Earth that humans evolved on, in other words, is a coral planet. Today, the animals provide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> that support the livelihoods of about 1 billion people. They are so fundamental to life as we know it that scientists wonder if one way humanity could discover alien life is by detecting the signature of fluorescent corals in the shallow waters of another planet. Corals are also, famously, being devastated by climate change. Even in a future where they survive in some form, their transformation could make our own experience of this planet profoundly different. </p><p>"The earliest corals emerged about 500 million years ago, roughly alongside plant life on land. But the modern version of coral reefs appeared a short 4 million years ago, around the time our human ancestors began to walk upright (give or take a few million years). When researchers try to rescue suffering corals, carefully cutting pieces away and transporting them to aquariums, they’re visiting underwater metropolises that are thousands of years old. Despite all that corals have been through, given how fast conditions on Earth are changing, life has likely never been quite as stressful for them as it is now, according to the coral experts Bertrand Martin-Garin and Lucien Montaggioni in their book, Corals and Reefs. </p><p>"Earlier this month, scientists reported that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreatBarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBarrierReef</span></a> is sitting in water that, in one decade, has become hotter than at any other point in the past 400 years. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> coral colonies are still reeling from the havoc of last year’s historic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarineHeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineHeatWave</span></a>. Around the world, extraordinarily hot ocean temperatures have plunged corals into one of the worst <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralBleaching</span></a> events in recorded history—they’re expelling the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> that live in their tissues and turning a ghostly white. Corals can survive bleaching, if conditions improve. But the longer they remain without that algae, the more likely they are to die. </p><p>"'These are strange days on planet Earth,' Derek Manzello, a coral-reef ecologist and the coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch, once told me. The planet used to give corals hundreds of thousands of years to adjust to a new reality; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanActivities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanActivities</span></a>—the burning of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> but also <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overfishing</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> that have brought on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>—have introduced a rate of change more dramatic than anything else in the geological record. “If we wanted to kill all reef-building corals on the planet, it would be hard to imagine a collection of activities quite as pointed and effective as what we’ve arrived at,' Stuart Sandin, a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, told me."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/08/earth-corals-climate-change/679636/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/science/archiv</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/08/earth-corals-climate-change/679636/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p>Archived copy:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/GF6tp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/GF6tp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalBoiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalBoiling</span></a></p>
DB 🌱💦<p>“The only complex life we know to exist ANYWHERE in the universe.</p><p>Being obliterated so that shareholders can amass imaginary wealth.</p><p>It’s as heartbreaking as it is shameful.” - ClimateDad77 on X</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/climatecollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecollapse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a> wipes out a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> for the first known time<br>The loss of the only known stand of Key Largo tree cactus in the US shows how rising seas can alter the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/coastal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coastal</span></a> environment.<br>It may be the first sea level rise-related loss of a species in the U.S., although globally, other species have been lost to this and other <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>-related factors.<br>It could also be an indicator of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> to come for other plants and animals in similarly vulnerable environments.<br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/07/09/sea-level-rise-wipes-out-an-entire-us-species" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2024/07/09/sea-level</span><span class="invisible">-rise-wipes-out-an-entire-us-species</span></a></p>
Sergi Valverde<p>Very excited to share our <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@TrendsEcolEvo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TrendsEcolEvo</span></a></span> review paper on <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/punctuated_evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punctuated_evolution</span></a>: a pattern of long-term stability interrupted by dramatic changes. A thread on the origins of rapid change, from large <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> to socio-technological <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disruption</span></a>.🌍🧬🛠 <a href="https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(24)00114-9?rss=yes&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/trends/ecology-evolut</span><span class="invisible">ion/fulltext/S0169-5347(24)00114-9?rss=yes&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>
Karl Schwartz, Artist advocate<p>"Tipping Point" revised<br>18 x 24"</p><p>Democracy and Planet climate stability on the edge. </p><p>Alt text: Tree symbols - one standing and fractured the other felled.<br>Twin green clouds emerge - ominously</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PAINTING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAINTING</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstractart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstractart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtistsOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>The Unseen <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> Legacy of Whaling <a href="https://nautil.us/the-unseen-deep-sea-legacy-of-whaling-537454/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nautil.us/the-unseen-deep-sea-</span><span class="invisible">legacy-of-whaling-537454/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/WhaleFalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhaleFalls</span></a>, Suspended Ground, and Extinctions Never Known <a href="https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/12/2/454/166998/Whale-Falls-Suspended-Ground-and-Extinctions-Never" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">read.dukeupress.edu/environmen</span><span class="invisible">tal-humanities/article/12/2/454/166998/Whale-Falls-Suspended-Ground-and-Extinctions-Never</span></a></p><p>"It’s not just <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> who were decimated, but the creatures who live where they fall... When we encountered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/WhaleFall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhaleFall</span></a> ecosystems, our decimation of these habitats had been underway for centuries. Although no direct evidence of whale-fall specialist <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> has yet been found, that might be because the baseline shifted before anyone observed it"</p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> gives <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/foxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foxes</span></a> a helping hand amid <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> woes. While some <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> say it’s inevitable that we’ll need more feeding programs to prevent <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a>, others question whether it makes sense to support <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> in landscapes that can no longer <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustain</span></a> them. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-norway-foxes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/investigates/speci</span><span class="invisible">al-report/climate-change-norway-foxes/</span></a></p>
Karl Schwartz, Artist advocate<p>Fishes<br>15" x 17</p><p>Alt text: hand-painted and composed. , side by side - fish oriented toward the surface - warm hues dominate.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PAINTING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAINTING</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstractart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstractart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtistsOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Karl Schwartz, Artist advocate<p>Extinction<br>16 x 19"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PAINTING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAINTING</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstractart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstractart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtistsOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Nadiah Kristensen<p>Ryan wrote a blog post about our new paper in PNAS about historical <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> in Singapore. </p><p>Our extinction estimates are a factor of two lower than previous estimates. However, extinctions have been concentrated among charismatic species. We speculate that if deforestation continues across the region, Southeast Asia may come to resemble a “tropical Europe”, where the majority of species persist in a human-dominated landscape but many charismatic species are absent. </p><p><a href="https://nadiah.org/2023/12/15/chisholm-pnas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nadiah.org/2023/12/15/chisholm</span><span class="invisible">-pnas</span></a></p>
Nadiah Kristensen<p>I'm happy to announce our 🎉 NEW PAPER IN PNAS🎉 </p><p>We estimated the proportion of species that have gone <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinct</span></a> in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> including those that went extinct before we had a chance to discover them (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DarkExtinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkExtinctions</span></a>).</p><p>These numbers correct previous <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> over-estimates, and two statistical methods are presented, including a quick one that comes with an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a> package.</p><p><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2309034120" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2309</span><span class="invisible">034120</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>What should happen to native forests when logging ends? Ask Victoria’s First Peoples</p><p>"Conservationists are celebrating a win sought for decades. The damage done by logging on biodiversity has been significant, with once common species now endangered and mature forests now fragmented and dotted with young fire-prone regrowth." <br>"Colonisation affected Country differently across Australia. But many effects are similar across the continent. European-style land management coincides with species extinctions across the continent. "<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-should-happen-to-native-forests-when-logging-ends-ask-victorias-first-peoples-206412" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/what-shoul</span><span class="invisible">d-happen-to-native-forests-when-logging-ends-ask-victorias-first-peoples-206412</span></a></p><p>Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia</p><p>"We conclude that 100 Australian endemic species are validly recognised as extinct since 1788: a rate of loss of about 4.3 species per decade since European colonisation of the continent. This rate is not diminishing and we interpret this more-or-less constant but continuing rate of loss .."</p><p>"Here, we review the record of extinctions. We ask the following: (1) how many extinctions have occurred; (2) whether particular taxonomic groupings have been most affected; (3) when did they occur; (4) where did they occur; and (5) what factors caused or contributed to them?"<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000632071930895X" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S000632071930895X</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PostLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/restore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BusinessAsUsual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessAsUsual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/colonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Australia’s new nature laws</p><p>"Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, animals and ecological communities. But change is afoot."</p><p>"Habitat means homes for wildlife<br>Protection of sufficient and connected habitat must be central to Australia’s national environmental law. If homes for swift parrots, koalas, greater gliders and other threatened species continue to be destroyed and fragmented, it is all but guaranteed Australia will fail in its stated quest to avoid further extinctions." </p><p>"The new laws must state policy objectives such as no new extinctions and no actions that accelerate climate change."</p><p>"A Voice for Country and culture<br>Our national environment laws must make room for genuine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders participation in how matters of cultural and environmental significance are managed." </p><p>"It’s not an optional extra. We simply must invest in nature. We cannot afford not to."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/5-things-w</span><span class="invisible">e-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EPBCAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPBCAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WaterExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterExtraction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NatureRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureRestoration</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The planet is heating up faster than predicted, says scientist who sounded climate alarm in the 1980s</p><p>By Laura Paddison, CNN </p><p>Published Nov 2, 2023</p><p>"The planet is on track to heat up at a much faster rate than scientists have previously predicted, meaning a key global warming threshold could be breached this decade, according to a new study co-authored by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JamesHansen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesHansen</span></a> — the US scientist widely credited with being the first to publicly sound the alarm on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> in the 1980s.</p><p>"In the paper, published Thursday in the journal Oxford Open <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, Hansen and more than a dozen other scientists used a combination of paleoclimate data, including data from polar ice cores and tree rings, climate models and observational data, to conclude that the Earth is much more sensitive to climate change than previously understood.</p><p>"'We are in the early phase of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a>,' according to the report, which warns a surge of heat 'already in the pipeline” will rapidly push global temperatures beyond what has been predicted, resulting in warming that exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the 2020s, and above 2 degrees Celsius before 2050.</p><p>"The findings add to a slew of recent research that concludes the world is hurtling toward 1.5 degrees, a threshold beyond which the impacts of climate change — including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> — will become significantly harder for humans to adapt to.</p><p>"'The 1.5-degree limit is deader than a doornail,' said Hansen on a call with reporters. 'And the 2-degree limit can be rescued, only with the help of purposeful actions.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/the-planet-is-heating-up-faster-than-predicted-says-scientist-who-sounded-climate-alarm-in-the-1980s/1593009" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/climate/the</span><span class="invisible">-planet-is-heating-up-faster-than-predicted-says-scientist-who-sounded-climate-alarm-in-the-1980s/1593009</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimesUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimesUp</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TippingPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoint</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCollapse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassExtinction</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Kew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kew</span></a> report: Five key <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> risks facing the world’s <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/kew-report-five-key-extinction-risks-facing-the-worlds-plants-and-fungi/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carbonbrief.org/kew-report-fiv</span><span class="invisible">e-key-extinction-risks-facing-the-worlds-plants-and-fungi/</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a>’ understanding of how <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/HabitatLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HabitatLoss</span></a> could drive plant and fungi <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> is being hamstrung by knowledge gaps in how many species currently exist, a new report warns." </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mushrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mushrooms</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a></p>
Robin A<p>I just viewed Episode 1 of Ken Burns new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> The American Buffalo, 🦬aired on PBS and available elsewhere.<br> <br>This is far more than a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buffalo</span></a> story. It’s the history of Manifest Destiny, of the destruction of a way of life for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> people, of treaties made and broken. It’s also the continuing tale of economic profiteering from live species and how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> happen. Both beautifully filmed and harrowing. 💔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theamericanbuffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theamericanbuffalo</span></a></p>
stoicmike<p>What is good for the human species is generally not so good for all the other species. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/extinctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinctions</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/anthropocentric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropocentric</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a></p>