The great insect die-off. Cartoon from 2019.

#insects #ecology #extinction #life

The great insect die-off. Cartoon from 2019.

#insects #ecology #extinction #life

"Advocates began sounding the alarm over PFAS in pesticides in 2023. The #Biden EPA attempted to discredit the author of one study that identified PFAS in pesticides, and the agency appeared to have lied about whether some of the chemicals are in pesticides. Under Donald #Trump, the EPA has increased the number of PFAS proposed for use in pesticides."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

#USPol #EPAFail #ForeverChemicals #DowChemicalKnew
#3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris #WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #EPACuts #Pollution #PFOS #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #GenXChemicals
#PFNA #PFHxS

HT @ai6yr

#California farms applied millions of pounds of #PFAS to key crops, study finds

‘ #ForeverChemicals’ sprayed on #almonds, #grapes, #tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’

by Tom Perkins
Tue 18 Nov 2025 07.00 EST

Excerpt: "California farms applied an average of 2.5m lbs of PFAS “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lbs, a new review of state records shows.

The chemicals are added to pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, #wine grapes, #alfalfa and tomatoes, the review of California Department of Pesticide Regulation data found. The Environmental Working Group nonprofit put together the report.

The risk for uptake of PFAS is likely higher in water-rich fruits and vegetables, because water attracts the chemicals, and research has shown PFAS may concentrate at dangerous levels in some produce. The chemicals also pollute water supplies and present a higher risk to the often low income and Latino #farmworkers."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

#ForeverChemicals #DowChemicalKnew
#3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris #WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #EPACuts #Pollution #PFOS #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #GenXChemicals
#PFNA #PFHxS

“The world is now anticipated to heat up by 2.6C above preindustrial times by the end of the century – the same temperature rise forecast last year.
…
‘That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity’”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds

I guess we should build more data centres.

#apes #climateCrisis #capitalism #extinction

“The world is now anticipated to heat up by 2.6C above preindustrial times by the end of the century – the same temperature rise forecast last year.
…
‘That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity’”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds

I guess we should build more data centres.

#apes #climateCrisis #capitalism #extinction

#News: A family of the world's rarest #orangutans, #Tapanuli found in an unprotected peat swamp, under threat from #palmoil. 🌴🤮 Take action and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop to fight their #extinction! #Deforestation 🚫 @palmoildetect https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/tapanuli-orangutan-sumatra-endangered-ape-conservation-forest-indonesia/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

#News: A family of the world's rarest #orangutans, #Tapanuli found in an unprotected peat swamp, under threat from #palmoil. 🌴🤮 Take action and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop to fight their #extinction! #Deforestation 🚫 @palmoildetect https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/tapanuli-orangutan-sumatra-endangered-ape-conservation-forest-indonesia/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Climate's steep demands
may be inconvenient
so is Extinction

whose peace won't come peacefully
billions of violent ends

#haiku #senryu #tanka #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #ClimateMitigation #ClimateAdaptation #society #collapse #extinction

Climate's steep demands
may be inconvenient
so is Extinction

whose peace won't come peacefully
billions of violent ends

#haiku #senryu #tanka #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #ClimateMitigation #ClimateAdaptation #society #collapse #extinction

Goodbye Zazu: Climate Change Will Roast Desert Birds Into Extinction In Just Five Years

"According to a recently published study, if extreme temperatures continue, the southern yellow-billed hornbill will become extinct in the hottest parts of its range by 2027."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#birds #hornbills #ornithology #ClimateChange #desert #biodiversity #extinction https://grrlscientist.medium.com/goodbye-zazu-climate-change-will-roast-desert-birds-into-extinction-in-just-five-years-e5e38726b3b7

Goodbye Zazu: Climate Change Will Roast Desert Birds Into Extinction In Just Five Years

"According to a recently published study, if extreme temperatures continue, the southern yellow-billed hornbill will become extinct in the hottest parts of its range by 2027."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#birds #hornbills #ornithology #ClimateChange #desert #biodiversity #extinction https://grrlscientist.medium.com/goodbye-zazu-climate-change-will-roast-desert-birds-into-extinction-in-just-five-years-e5e38726b3b7

Christmas Island shrew officially declared extinct: IUCN https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/christmas-island-shrew-officially-declared-extinct-iucn/

#ChristmasIsland #environment #wildlife #extinction

Christmas Island shrew officially declared extinct: IUCN https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/christmas-island-shrew-officially-declared-extinct-iucn/

#ChristmasIsland #environment #wildlife #extinction

Très enrichissant à plusieurs points de vue, cet article de Yves Sciama @mediapart

#ecologie #ethique #xenophobie #guerre #communication #sciences #intersectionnalite #nature #Biodiversite #extinction 😯

« Espèces invasives » : et si on se passait de termes guerriers et xénophobes

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/041025/especes-invasives-et-si-se-passait-de-termes-guerriers-et-xenophobes

> Accusée d’employer un vocabulaire à la fois flou et belliqueux, l’étude des « espèces exotiques invasives » est traversée par de multiples débats éthiques et scientifiques.

Très enrichissant à plusieurs points de vue, cet article de Yves Sciama @mediapart

#ecologie #ethique #xenophobie #guerre #communication #sciences #intersectionnalite #nature #Biodiversite #extinction 😯

« Espèces invasives » : et si on se passait de termes guerriers et xénophobes

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/041025/especes-invasives-et-si-se-passait-de-termes-guerriers-et-xenophobes

> Accusée d’employer un vocabulaire à la fois flou et belliqueux, l’étude des « espèces exotiques invasives » est traversée par de multiples débats éthiques et scientifiques.

Sometime around the turn of the 20th century, the sea mink disappeared from the coasts of New England and maritime Canada forever. Its loss came during a rush of North American extinctions like the passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet, but many today have never even heard of it.

My latest for Smithsonian:
#wildlife #maine #extinction

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-life-loss-and-lore-of-the-sea-mink-180987400/

Sometime around the turn of the 20th century, the sea mink disappeared from the coasts of New England and maritime Canada forever. Its loss came during a rush of North American extinctions like the passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet, but many today have never even heard of it.

My latest for Smithsonian:
#wildlife #maine #extinction

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-life-loss-and-lore-of-the-sea-mink-180987400/

Key oceans treaty crosses threshold to come into force

A global agreement designed to protect the world's #oceans and reverse damage to marine life is set to become international law.

The #HighSeasTreaty received its 60th ratification by Morocco on Friday, meaning that it will now take effect from January.

The deal, which has been two decades in the making, will pave the way for international waters to be placed into marine protected areas.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5j87114deo

#environment #nature #climate #extinction

Key oceans treaty crosses threshold to come into force

A global agreement designed to protect the world's #oceans and reverse damage to marine life is set to become international law.

The #HighSeasTreaty received its 60th ratification by Morocco on Friday, meaning that it will now take effect from January.

The deal, which has been two decades in the making, will pave the way for international waters to be placed into marine protected areas.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5j87114deo

#environment #nature #climate #extinction