I wouldn't say so. Lots of people acknowledge that capitalism is bad for the planet.
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Two-thirds of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970
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theres plenty an individual can do, it's just that imagining nations will stop destroying the environment to expand is tantamount to believing corporations will stop seeking profit
things can turn around on a long enough time frame if the world tries hard enough, but thats really impractical to imagine. so yeah it's doomsaying but for many intents and purposes, and for many people, that is reality
The planet will survive fine lol
If we have to do something, it's technically for our survival first and foremost, not for the planet which will go on one way or another with or without us.
Legitimately heartbreaking to witness, especially when you focus in on specific species and the effects human and human-provoked disruption have had on them. On a natural level there's no redeeming it and I can only be thankful to those that work in conservation around the few able to avoid the brink.
As far as climate goes, reforestation is one of the best things any of us can do. I'm sure any reasonably sized city has tree planting efforts. Join an organization and take a few Saturdays to plant some trees. It may seem like nothing but it's not.
Some may approach this topic with nihilism and I do too at times. I share the frustration with the unending myopia of world governments and the general apathy of people. Complain and do something though. Selfishly it may make you feel better about things too.
Some may approach this topic with nihilism and I do too at times. I share the frustration with the unending myopia of world governments and the general apathy of people. Complain and do something though. Selfishly it may make you feel better about things too.
It's horrible, absolutely horrible. And it is really noticable if you pay attention to local wildlife. When I was a kid in the early 90s we had a lot more birds and squirrels in my town, and it's been ages since i've seen a fox, a toad or a snake which was fairly common back in the day. And don't even get me started with insects, butterflies and bees are almost gone here, dragonflies and bumblebees apparently already are. I don't even want to know what's happening in the Amazonas or the oceans.
And there is absolutely no way we will stop this. We've known about these issues for decades and yet the rainforest is burning down faster than ever.
And there is absolutely no way we will stop this. We've known about these issues for decades and yet the rainforest is burning down faster than ever.
I remember these simpler days when every now and then I would read the Wikipedia page about the future of the universe and find it depressingly bleak. Now it gives me hope lol
And that, even in the face it as obvious as it is, some peoples' political imagination to solving this problem is depressingly limited.
I still find the inevitable decline and extinction of complex life on Earth in 500 million to 1 billion years pretty bleak.
background rate extinction has been high for a minute now, but this just means that despite centuries of knowledge about humanity's impact on its environment, we've been smashing the accelerator pedal towards total biosphere collapse. Still some time to at least mitigate the bleeding, but that clock has been tick tocking away pretty fast.
To go with this, it's also not just about the extinction rate, but how current animals are being transformed thanks to our carelessness of the ecosystem:
www.npr.org
To go with this, it's also not just about the extinction rate, but how current animals are being transformed thanks to our carelessness of the ecosystem:
Big Fish Stories Getting Littler
She found them in the Key West library: an old stash of "Look at What I Caught!" photos, proud fishermen showing off their big catch of the day back in the 1950s, '60s, '80s. As she looked, she noticed something odd. Something important.
www.npr.org
Neither: it's that the average population decline in the species they were tracking is 68%. So for example, if you were tracking two species, one common and one rare, and the rare one went extinct and the common one declined by 40%, the average decline would be 70%, although the absolute decline would be closer to 40%. However it's worth noting that this report is tracking something like 21000 species in ecosystems all over the globe, so it's a staggering figure regardless.
To go with this, it's also not just about the extinction rate, but how current animals are being transformed thanks to our carelessness of the ecosystem:
Big Fish Stories Getting Littler
She found them in the Key West library: an old stash of "Look at What I Caught!" photos, proud fishermen showing off their big catch of the day back in the 1950s, '60s, '80s. As she looked, she noticed something odd. Something important.
I know I mentioned fish sizes, and yeah that was me seeing years of fishing competitions over the years, and what the big prize winners are now compared to decades ago, but *whew* this takes the prize right here :/ Not sure if those are the same fish species, or if it's just a case of those large fish all got fished out/don't live there anymore.
I think they're different species. In the more recent pic at the time of the article (6 years ago), they even included a small shark. So yeah, the bigger fish gave out to the smaller fish over time and it's been getting progressively worse each decade.
Humans: destroys 2/3 of remaining wildlife in last 50 years, without significant widespread alarm
Also Humans: After their numbers reach nearly 8 billion, studies justify how earth can easily withstand many billions more if correct measures are taken
Also Humans: After their numbers reach nearly 8 billion, studies justify how earth can easily withstand many billions more if correct measures are taken
I've been doing this lately, starting with 'meatless mondays' and expanding to other days.
I'm no expert on terrestrial wildlife but at least in terms of the oceans I expect by the time I retire most species will only exist in aquariums. 50% of the worlds coral is already dead and the rest looks unlikely to survive the next 25 years even against our best case projections for sea temperature rises. That pretty much kills off the entirety of reef ecosystems. On top of that there's our ridiculous overfishing which very little is being done to curtail, which has caused for example a 90%+ decline in shark populations over the last 50 years.
This is why I'm spending pretty much all my saving on seeing the natural world now while it's still there, instead of doing more sensible things like saving up for a house deposit.
This is why I'm spending pretty much all my saving on seeing the natural world now while it's still there, instead of doing more sensible things like saving up for a house deposit.
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