HHS Again Suspends Disbelief: The Medicaid Program Will Ignore the Greatest Health Threat to Medicaid Beneficiaries
The Health Care Blog,
BY DAVID…
You don’t have to be a cute koala to be an Instagram influencer. Give lizards and bugs a chance
Whats New,
Author provided, CC BY” width=”800″ height=”496″/> The number of engagement messages with each group of animals …
Antropocentrismo, Multinaturalismo e o Dia Mundial pelo fim do Especismo
EcoDebate,
Antropocentrismo, Multinaturalismo e o Dia Mundial pelo fim do Especismo, artigo de José Eustáquio Diniz Alves “Às vezes, se…
Mudanças climáticas atuais e o futuro da vida na Terra
Ilha do Conhecimento,
#Pesquisa ao seu alcance (Artigos científicos em linguagem simplificada) …
What Is Climate Distress—And What Can Therapists Do About It?
Mad In America,
The world’s most prominent health organizations, medical associations, and health science journals are unequivocal: the climate…
Climate change and biodiversity loss should be tackled together
Science Blog,
More than 200 world leaders are gathering in Glasgow, Scotland for the United Nation’s climate summit to discuss climate change.
Climate change and biodiversity loss should be tackled together
ScienceBlog.com,
More than 200 world leaders are gathering in Glasgow, Scotland for the United Nation’s climate summit to discuss climate change.
Dia Mundial pelo fim do Especismo
EcoDebate,
Dia Mundial pelo fim do Especismo, artigo de José Eustáquio Diniz Alves “Não tenho dúvidas de que é parte do destino da raça…
Klimat och natur måste hanteras tillsammans – unik rapport från IPCC
Supermiljo bloggen,
UNIK RAPPORT:: Klimatförändringarna och förlusten av biologisk mångfald är de två största hoten mot mänskligheten. Ingen av…
The Mobility Ecosystem: the changing landscape and the need for fresh, new ideas (Part 9: A Brief History of Our Human Species and Mobility)
Leadership in Transportation,
Current events seem a good place to start before a walk through some history and mobility—where we’re at and how we got here.
Klimatkrisen roll i uppkomsten av covid-19
Supermiljo bloggen,
Pandemihantering:: Klimatförändringarna kan ha spelat en direkt roll i uppkomsten av covid-19 genom att bidra till fler arter…
Tutti gli animali dichiarati estinti nel 2020 (e quelli che potrebbero sparire nel 2021)
Scienze fanpage,
A causa della distruzione degli habitat naturali, della caccia spietata, dell'inquinamento e dei cambiamenti climatici…
The war on poaching: a metaphor to live or die by?
School of Blogal Studies Blog,
Sara van der Hoeven | 23 December 2020The Convention on Biological Diversity, in their flagship publication on 15 September 2020…
Upphettning kan innebära slutet för insekter
Supermiljo bloggen,
UPPHETTAT:: Den globala upphettningen kan göra det svårt för insekter att både reproducera sig och att överleva. Det visar ny…
Putting Life on Earth in Perspective
Small Things Considered,
by RobertoLast week I was very fortunate. I had the opportunity to focus my attention on putting life on Earth in perspective.
Grand Challenges in Global Biodiversity Threats
ConservationBytes.com,
Last week I mentioned that the new journal Frontiers in Conservation Science is now open for business. As promised, I wrote a…
Inga mål för biologisk mångfald uppnås
Supermiljo bloggen,
ANALYS:: Världen missar ännu en gång de globala målen för biologisk mångfald och ländernas ambitionsnivåer och åtgärder är långt…
Sta crescendo un nuovo, pericoloso movimento antiscientifico: i negazionisti dell’estinzione
Scienze fanpage,
Siamo entrati nella sesta estinzione di massa a causa del nostro impatto sul pianeta e sono numerosissimi gli studi che…
Akut nödläge: de vilda ryggradsdjuren har minskat med 68 procent sedan 1970
Supermiljo bloggen,
SOS:: Den biologiska mångfalden befinner sig i kris. På mindre än 46 år har bestånden av ryggradsdjur i världen i snitt gått…
Människan är orsaken till utrotningen av djur, inte klimatet
Supermiljo bloggen,
UTROTNING:: Människans påverkan kan förklara nittiosex procent av alla utdöda däggdjursarter under de senaste drygt hundratusen å…
Wild Pollinator Declines Result in a Loss of U.S. Crop Production
Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog,
(Beyond Pesticides, August 6, 2020) New research finds that a decline in wild pollinator abundance, notably wild bees, limits…
Tre miljarder djur kan ha dött i Australiens bränder
Supermiljo bloggen,
CHOCK:: Ett halvår efter de ovanligt intensiva bränderna i Australien uppskattas att nästan tre miljarder djur kan ha dött…
Climate Breakdown And The Corporate Media
Stan Van Houcke ,
‘Six Months To Avert Climate Crisis’: Climate Breakdown And The Corporate Media23rd June 2020 AlertsIn his classic science…
‘Don’t let your cat outside’: Q
Focusing on Wildlife,
The statistics capturing the effects that pets have on wildlife are mind-boggling. Cats in the United States alone kill at…
Forskare varnar: över 500 landlevande djur riskerar utrotas
Supermiljo bloggen,
FORSKARLARM:: Den sjätte massutrotningen kommer allt närmare, menar forskare i en ny studie. 515 arter av landlevande…
The “Right” Whale to Save
State of the Planet,
Environmental Science and Policy students analyze legislation meant to save North Atlantic right whales from extinction.
Take Action: Help Prevent Species Extinction
Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog,
(Beyond Pesticides, September 23, 2019) Your voice is making a difference! Last month, thousands of individuals took action…
Why is Climate Change Still Not Top of the News Agenda?
Global Policy Journal Blog,
Steven Harkins explores the power structures underpinning the media's agenda. Climate breakdown threatens the lives of us all.
Fishing for answers in the brown trout genome
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Blog,
Brown trout are highly adaptable and its genetic make up may hold key answers to helping species survive climate change
The World is Due a Revolution in Economics
social science space,
Economic thinking governs much of our world. But the discipline’s teaching is stuck in the past. Centred around antiquated 19th-c…
It's time to sequence everything
Lateral,
What can we gain by collecting the genomes of every animal, plant, fungi and protozoa species on the planet? …
Biological annihilation: 1 million species threatened with extinction within decades - CNET
CNET News,
The "most comprehensive assessment" of life on Earth shows a planet in crisis.
16 signs we're in the middle of a 6th mass extinction
Noozilla Top,
The planet is undergoing a sixth mass extinction: the sixth time in the history of life on Earth that global fauna has…
Economics needs to stop treating people as atomic particles
Forum:Blog,
Economics, as taught in universities, does not reflect or speak to many of the issues of the real world, be they political…
With the global environmental collapse, adaptation is now the challenge
Nuclear News,
Rethink Activism in the Face of Catastrophic Biological Collapse, Dahr Jamail and Barbara Cecil, Truthout, PART OF THE…
“Insectageddon” – bigger headlines, more hype, but where’s the funding?
Don't Forget the Roundabouts,
Unless you have been hibernating in a deep, dark cave or on another planet, you can hardly have missed the ‘insectageddon…
Arctic Refuge Protectors: An Open Letter from Teachers and Scholars
Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community,
Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Subhankar Banerjee, Finis Dunaway,
Vanity and BHL: Examining Extinction and Rediscovery through Art
Biodiversity Heritage Library,
Vanity, an art installation by Joseph Gregory Rossano created for and with the support of the Museum of Glass (MOG) in Tacoma…
Do we need to get to Mars first before we start understanding change in our oceans?
The Molecular Ecologist,
The current American administration is excited about its space program on extraterrestrial exploration and discovery. A mission…
Biological Annihilation: A Planet in Loss Mode
Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community,
Subhankar BanerjeeThink of it, to introduce an even broader term, as a wave of “biological annihilation” that includes possible…
Biological Annihilation
The Unz Review » Items,
If you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening to the nonhuman life forms with which we share this planet, you’ve likely…
WWF Study Shows 60% Decrease in Vertebrate Population Counts
Sci-News.com,
It is no secret that climate change and environmental negligence have been worsened by human activity and accelerated…
Sequencing All Life On Earth – Facts and Figures
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Blog,
There are currently around 1.5 million catalogued eukaryote species on earth – that’s the known animals, plants, protozoa and…
Retired farmland can become valuable habitat — if we give it a hand
Ensia,
With Earth in the throes of what many scientists consider our planet’s sixth mass extinction — as living organisms disappear…
Comment on In praise of BirdLife International
RSPB,
I think Birdlife International is a great organisation and a great concept for world wide conservation. The only way we are…
Blog Post: In praise of BirdLife International
RSPB,
If I ever get depressed about the state of the world’s wildlife, I remember that we are part of an extraordinary family of…
We can save the Earth. Here's how
Forum:Blog,
Children born into poverty today will most likely not have the wealth or protection to weather the storms ahead. This needs to…
‘From the Anthropocene to the Anthropo-scene’- Long Read Book Review
LSE Business Review,
Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction. Erle C. Ellis. Oxford UP. 2018. Interrogating the Anthropocene: Ecology, Aesthetics…
Trump to Curb Protections as Warming Endangers Species
Noozilla Top,
Proposed changes to Endangered Species Act could stymie species…
What if economic growth isn’t as positive as you think?
Co.Exist,
If we don’t quickly create a new economy that isn’t based on constant expansion, we’re going to run out of planet. When Donald…
Claims Against Meat Fail to Consider Bigger Picture
Deep Green Resistance Blog,
by Richard Young – SFT Policy Director / Sustainable Food…
Rethinking International Environmental Agreements
TripleCrisis,
By Edward B.
Communicating about rare and common species
The Plainspoken Scientist,
By Catherine…
The biosphere is being dramatically changed by human activities
Nuclear News,
Thanks to Climate Disruption, Earth Is Already Losing Critical Biosphere Components http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/44016-tha…
The Tragic Story of America’s Only Native Parrot
ScienceBlog.com,
It was winter in upstate New York in 1780 in a rural town called Schoharie, home to the deeply religious Palatine Germans.
Opinion: Steven Pinker's optimism on climate change is misplaced
Montreal Gazette,
Montreal native and McGill alumnus Steven Pinker is returning home this week to promote his latest book, Enlightenment Now. In…
Confronting Conservation’s Wicked Challenges through Story
PLOS Biologue,
This week PLOS Biology experiments with new ways of communicating conservation science in a special collection — Conservation…
Watch: How the wood duck nearly disappeared — then bounced back despite the odds
Ensia,
Living things on Earth are dying at rates unprecedented during human existence, in the planet’s sixth mass extinction. Some see…
Habitat on the Edges: Making Room for Wildlife in an Urbanized World
Yale Environment 360,
Efforts to protect biodiversity are now focusing less on preserving pristine areas and more on finding room for wildlife on the…
Habitat on the Edges: Making Room for Wildlife in an Urbanized World
Yale Environment 360,
Efforts to protect biodiversity are now focusing less on preserving pristine areas and more on finding room for wildlife on the…
The uncertain future of Bogotá’s shantytowns
Mongabay.com news,
BOGOTA, Colombia – Up here amidst the clouds and on the spine of the Andean mountain range, it’s hard to believe that San…
Rethinking tourism and its contribution to conservation in New Zealand
Guest Work,
By Valentina Dinica, Victoria University of Wellington. New Zealand is one of 36 global hotspots for biodiversity. Its unique…
A sixth mass extinction is underway - and it's our fault
Forum:Blog,
The rapid die-off of species is a sign that the sixth mass extinction is already underway, says a new study.
The world’s first biotacide (commentary)
Mongabay.com news,
Many refer to it as the Sixth Mass Extinction, but it isn’t. It’s different. We are not simply in the sixth round of a…
July High Five: Living Computers, Head Trauma, and Coffee for the Win
Altmetric.com,
Welcome to the Altmetric High Five for July! On a monthly basis, my High Five posts examine a selection of the most popular…
Two vertebrate species go extinct every year - but nobody has seemed to notice
Forum:Blog,
Two vertebrate species go extinct every year on average, but few people notice, perhaps because the rate seems relatively slow.
Prelude to global extinction @stanford
Nature Today | Updates,
Stanford biologists say disappearance of species tells only part of the story of human impact on Earth’s animals. In the first…
La sesta estinzione di massa è già iniziata
OggiScienza,
AMBIENTE – C’è un’estinzione di massa in corso: la sesta. Dopo quella dell’Ordoviciano (450 milioni di anni fa), del Devoniano…
Pick and mix 9 – a few links to click
Don't Forget the Roundabouts,
Links to things I thought might grab your…
Most scientists are progressive, but is science too conservative?
Daily Kos,
Two stories appeared last week that have extremely serious implications. Donald Trump Jr.’s sneering confession of conspiracy…
Biological Annihilation
Conservation Jobs UK,
According to a recently published study, populations of animals all over the world are declining so rapidly that scientists say…
A Trillion-Ton Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica and All I Can Think About Is Food
Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community,
Erin SagenOn Wednesday, an iceberg the size of Delaware broke loose from Antarctica and floated into the sea. Researchers, who…
The Age of Biological Annihilation
Pacific Standard. Smart Journalism. Real Solutions.,
A new study finds that the populations of thousands of vertebrates, many of which have yet to raise concern, are decreasing.Habit…
Pangolins Are Near Extinction, Demand Harsher Punishment For Endangered Animal Traffickers
One Green Planet,
According to a Care2 petition, since 1990 the Conservation Law of Indonesia provides protection for the nation's endangered…
Is The World On The Verge Of A Sixth Mass Extinction? Scientists Say Yes
PlanetSave,
Most of us do not spend our waking hours reading the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.
Živimo v dobi šestega množičnega izumrtja živali
Dnevnik.si,
Živimo v dobi šestega množičnega izumrtja, pa se tega sploh ne zavedamo. V zadnjih desetletjih je človek namreč tako zdesetkal ži…
Biological annihilation
DNA Barcoding,
Catarina pupfishNo bells tolled when the last Catarina pupfish on Earth died. Newspapers didn't carry the story when the…
The sixth mass extinction
Letters from Gondwana.,
Painting of the Dodo by Roelandt Savery executed in ca. 1626 and held at the NHMUK, London. Mass extinctions had shaped the…
Allison Hanes: We should all be worried about 'biological annihilation'
Montreal Gazette,
Seven dead North Atlantic right whales were found floating in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this summer, a catastrophe for a species…
Era of 'Biological Annihilation' Is Underway, Scientists Warn
Slashdot,
Tatiana Schlossberg reports via The New York Times (Warning: source may be paywalled, alternate source): From the common barn…
A Terra já está enfrentando a Sexta Onda de Extinção em Massa das espécies de animais?
Desafiando a Nomenklatura Científica,
Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declinesGerardo…
Earth's sixth mass extinction event under way, scientists warn
3quarksdaily,
Damian Carrington in The Guardian: A “biological annihilation” of wildlife in recent decades means a sixth mass extinction in…
Extinction gathers pace as species vanish
Climate News Network,
Planet Earth is undergoing a “great extinction,” researchers say – and we need to worry much more about the annihilation of…
Ongoing mass extinction causing ‘biological annihilation,’ new study says
Mongabay.com news,
Habitat loss, over-hunting and climate change are just a few of the human-induced changes to the Earth that biologists say are…
Sixth Mass Extinction Brings ‘Biological Annihilation’ of Populations
Chromatography Techniques All,
NewsSome 200 species of vertebrates have gone extinct over the last century. The normal extinction rate would dictate that…
Warning of Sixth Mass Extinction, Scientists Implore Global Action
Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community,
Jake Johnson, staff writer"The serious warning in our paper needs to be heeded because civilization depends utterly on the…
Prelude to global extinction
The Archaeology News Network,
No bells tolled when the last Catarina pupfish on Earth died. Newspapers didn't carry the story when the Christmas Island…
Scientists Are Saying the Sixth Extinction of Species Will Wipe Out Civilization … But We Can Still Act!
One Green Planet,
It's not a secret that deforestation, climate change, and habitat degradation is rapidly endangering plant and animal species…
Prelude to global extinction: Disappearance of species tells only part of the story of human impact on Earth’s animals
Science Blog,
No bells tolled when the last Catarina pupfish on Earth died. Newspapers didn’t carry the story when the Christmas Island…
Planetary health is a social justice issue
Croakey,
Planetary health is defined as “the health of human civilisation and the state of the natural systems on which it depends,” and…
Prelude to Global Extinction: Stanford Biologists Say Disappearance of Species Tells Only Part of the Story of Human Impact on Earth’s Animals
The UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics,
No bells tolled when the last Catarina pupfish on Earth died. Newspapers didn’t carry the story when the Christmas Island…
Stanford biologists warn of prelude to extinction
Stanford News Headlines,
In the first such global evaluation, Stanford biologists found more than 30 percent of all vertebrates have declining…