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

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/

“#SocialMedia didn’t democratize speech so much as it degraded our informational #ecosystem; it democratized the need to be vigilant and discerning as we sift through vast quantities of debris in search of reliable #institutions and #information.”

We Demand an Amazon Free from Drilling and Destruction
#Petition #nature #biodiversity#Ecosystem #ecosystems #forest #forests #rainforest #tree #trees #deforestation
https://act.350.org/sign/amazon-free-destruction/

We Demand an Amazon Free from Drilling and Destruction
#Petition #nature #biodiversity#Ecosystem #ecosystems #forest #forests #rainforest #tree #trees #deforestation
https://act.350.org/sign/amazon-free-destruction/