Blue whales fall silent due to starvation, seen as a warning of a collapsing #ocean #ecosystem.
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Blue #whales are calling less than they used to... a strange and heartbreaking shift that scientists link to shrinking krill populations during marine #heatwaves. When these giants struggle to find enough food, they spend more time searching and far less time singing... a change that signals stress in both the animals and the ecosystem they depend on. 🐋

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#vegan #saveourseas

Blue whales fall silent due to starvation, seen as a warning of a collapsing #ocean #ecosystem.
🐋
Blue #whales are calling less than they used to... a strange and heartbreaking shift that scientists link to shrinking krill populations during marine #heatwaves. When these giants struggle to find enough food, they spend more time searching and far less time singing... a change that signals stress in both the animals and the ecosystem they depend on. 🐋

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(live fishfree)
#vegan #saveourseas

If this result holds up, it’s potentially big: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02481-0

In short, it implies that #LightPollution is decreasing the efficiency with which #plants remove carbon from the atmosphere. It concludes that artificial light at night increases “ #ecosystem respiration” (plants, microbes, and animals releasing carbon dioxide through their activity and growth), but there is no corresponding increase in #photosynthesis.

The result is that plants exposed to ALAN emit more #carbon than they absorb from the #atmosphere. The authors write: “Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments.”

#ALAN

#BeeBricks become planning requirement for new buildings in Brighton

Amy Frearson | 24 January 2022

"A planning law introduced in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, calls for new buildings to include special bricks that provide nests for solitary bees.

"Brighton & Hove Council's policy stipulates that all new buildings above five metres should include bee bricks, as well as #BirdNesting boxes suitable for swifts.

"These bee bricks are the same size as regular bricks, but integrate a series of narrow openings like those where solitary bees are known to nest.

"The aim is to increase opportunities for #biodiversity. With solitary bees making up nearly 250 of the approximately 270 bee species in #Britain, they play an important role in the natural #ecosystem.

" 'Bee bricks are just one of quite a number of measures that really should be in place to address biodiversity concerns that have arisen through years of neglect of the natural environment,' said Robert Nemeth, the councillor behind the initiative.

" 'Increased planting, hedgehog holes, swift boxes and bird feeders are all examples of other cheap and simple ideas that, together, could lead to easy medium-term gains,' he told Dezeen."

Read more:
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/01/24/bee-bricks-planning-requirement-brighton/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingForPollinators #Biodiversity

#BeeBricks become planning requirement for new buildings in Brighton

Amy Frearson | 24 January 2022

"A planning law introduced in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, calls for new buildings to include special bricks that provide nests for solitary bees.

"Brighton & Hove Council's policy stipulates that all new buildings above five metres should include bee bricks, as well as #BirdNesting boxes suitable for swifts.

"These bee bricks are the same size as regular bricks, but integrate a series of narrow openings like those where solitary bees are known to nest.

"The aim is to increase opportunities for #biodiversity. With solitary bees making up nearly 250 of the approximately 270 bee species in #Britain, they play an important role in the natural #ecosystem.

" 'Bee bricks are just one of quite a number of measures that really should be in place to address biodiversity concerns that have arisen through years of neglect of the natural environment,' said Robert Nemeth, the councillor behind the initiative.

" 'Increased planting, hedgehog holes, swift boxes and bird feeders are all examples of other cheap and simple ideas that, together, could lead to easy medium-term gains,' he told Dezeen."

Read more:
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/01/24/bee-bricks-planning-requirement-brighton/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingForPollinators #Biodiversity

If this result holds up, it’s potentially big: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02481-0

In short, it implies that #LightPollution is decreasing the efficiency with which #plants remove carbon from the atmosphere. It concludes that artificial light at night increases “ #ecosystem respiration” (plants, microbes, and animals releasing carbon dioxide through their activity and growth), but there is no corresponding increase in #photosynthesis.

The result is that plants exposed to ALAN emit more #carbon than they absorb from the #atmosphere. The authors write: “Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments.”

#ALAN

If this result holds up, it’s potentially big: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02481-0

In short, it implies that #LightPollution is decreasing the efficiency with which #plants remove carbon from the atmosphere. It concludes that artificial light at night increases “ #ecosystem respiration” (plants, microbes, and animals releasing carbon dioxide through their activity and growth), but there is no corresponding increase in #photosynthesis.

The result is that plants exposed to ALAN emit more #carbon than they absorb from the #atmosphere. The authors write: “Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments.”

#ALAN

"Despite bureaucratic and financial challenges, environmentalists in #Germany and #Poland are joining forces to protect the biodiverse #Oder River ecosystem." A story telling what #cooperation and people's #activism can achieve in situations when politicians fail:
https://www.dw.com/en/german-polish-activists-fight-to-get-the-oder-river-clean/a-74685950

#ecosystem #ecology #environment #river #biodiversity #water #pollution #climateCrisis

"Despite bureaucratic and financial challenges, environmentalists in #Germany and #Poland are joining forces to protect the biodiverse #Oder River ecosystem." A story telling what #cooperation and people's #activism can achieve in situations when politicians fail:
https://www.dw.com/en/german-polish-activists-fight-to-get-the-oder-river-clean/a-74685950

#ecosystem #ecology #environment #river #biodiversity #water #pollution #climateCrisis

Samsung Family Hub fridges will start showing adds to "Elevate" Home Ecosystem

https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-family-hub-2025-update-elevates-smart-home-ecosystem/

#HackerNews #SamsungFamilyHub #ElevateHome #Ecosystem #SmartFridge #TechNews #SmartHome

Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade

https://emily.space/posts/251023-uv

#HackerNews #Uv #Python #Ecosystem #Best #Thing #Decade #HackerNews

🐞 Results just reported by a researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill show "insect populations are rapidly declining even in relatively undisturbed landscapes, raising concerns about the health of ecosystems that depend on them."

🪲 Recent studies with similar results focused on disturbed landscapes.

#Nature#Science#Environment#Insects#Ecosystem#EcosystemDamage
@span NCConnect

https://college.unc.edu/2025/09/untouched-ecosystems-insects/

🐞 Results just reported by a researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill show "insect populations are rapidly declining even in relatively undisturbed landscapes, raising concerns about the health of ecosystems that depend on them."

🪲 Recent studies with similar results focused on disturbed landscapes.

#Nature#Science#Environment#Insects#Ecosystem#EcosystemDamage
@span NCConnect

https://college.unc.edu/2025/09/untouched-ecosystems-insects/

Hello world!

We're the Mozilla Data Collective - and we want to rebuild the #AI #data #ecosystem - with #communities at the centre.

We can do better than giving communities a false choice between exposing their content to unconsented web scraping, with no say in how that data is used - or being pressured into signing exclusive licensing deals with a megacorp - stifling innovation.

We see another way.

The Mozilla Data Collective.

Launching Wednesday! 🚀 💫

https://datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/

Hello world!

We're the Mozilla Data Collective - and we want to rebuild the #AI #data #ecosystem - with #communities at the centre.

We can do better than giving communities a false choice between exposing their content to unconsented web scraping, with no say in how that data is used - or being pressured into signing exclusive licensing deals with a megacorp - stifling innovation.

We see another way.

The Mozilla Data Collective.

Launching Wednesday! 🚀 💫

https://datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/