Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
news.arizona.edu
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Europe will spend the day handwringing over how to react to this wholly predictable, typical mad Trump meltdown rather than doing what actually has impact: React to Russia. Seize Russian assets, ban Russian imports, sink the shadow fleet, send Ukraine more aid, & #SkyShieldNow
August 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Europe will spend the day handwringing over how to react to this wholly predictable, typical mad Trump meltdown rather than doing what actually has impact: React to Russia. Seize Russian assets, ban Russian imports, sink the shadow fleet, send Ukraine more aid, & #SkyShieldNow
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Billionaire with doomsday bunker wants you to know AI great
Billionaire with doomsday bunker wants you to know AI great
PALO ALTO, CA - Artificial intelligence promises a bright future filled with ease, innovation and abundance, according to one of the several billionaire tech CEOs who has spent hundreds of millions to...
www.thebeaverton.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Billionaire with doomsday bunker wants you to know AI great
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
We’re draining Earth’s fresh water like there’s no tomorrow—emptying aquifers, poisoning what’s left, sinking the land, and raising the seas.
This is what happens when infinite growth collides with a finite planet.
grist.org/science/grou...
This is what happens when infinite growth collides with a finite planet.
grist.org/science/grou...
Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise
Overuse of groundwater has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheets.
grist.org
August 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We’re draining Earth’s fresh water like there’s no tomorrow—emptying aquifers, poisoning what’s left, sinking the land, and raising the seas.
This is what happens when infinite growth collides with a finite planet.
grist.org/science/grou...
This is what happens when infinite growth collides with a finite planet.
grist.org/science/grou...
Inte läst, intressant.
Beautiful essay by an 81-year old clinical psychologist.
"ChatGPT may not understand, but it made understanding possible. More than anything, it offered steadiness. And for someone who spent a life helping others hold their thoughts, that steadiness mattered more than I ever expected."
"ChatGPT may not understand, but it made understanding possible. More than anything, it offered steadiness. And for someone who spent a life helping others hold their thoughts, that steadiness mattered more than I ever expected."
Opinion | I’m a Therapist. ChatGPT Is Eerily Effective.
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Inte läst, intressant.
the disaster stream never stops....
The plundering of the planet continues nonstop - Trawling near Antarctica for krill — a crustacean central to the diet of whales and a critical buffer to global warming — has surged to a record and is fast approaching a never before reached seasonal catch limit
Krill catch in Antarctica soars to record following collapse of conservation deal
Fishing for krill near Antarctica has surged to a record high, nearing a seasonal catch limit that could close the fishery early
abcnews.go.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
the disaster stream never stops....
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Mother Nature has learned a lesson from Silicon Valley capitalists. Now it's her turn to move fast and break things.
Your 'moment of doom' for July 29, 2025 ~ IPCC vs. Actuaries
"let me remind you that in a 2°C warmer world, GDP will contract by more than 25%, with 'mass human mortality events resulting in over 2 billion deaths.'"
www.meer.com/en/91051-the...
"let me remind you that in a 2°C warmer world, GDP will contract by more than 25%, with 'mass human mortality events resulting in over 2 billion deaths.'"
www.meer.com/en/91051-the...
The IPCC: Can it regain its credibility?
A critical examination of climate science risk assessments and the growing challenge from global actuaries
www.meer.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Mother Nature has learned a lesson from Silicon Valley capitalists. Now it's her turn to move fast and break things.
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
I will say again — regulation is a good thing, and every rollback of anti-toxin regulations hidden in every bill is killing Americans.
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Inside the story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
nyer.cm
July 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I will say again — regulation is a good thing, and every rollback of anti-toxin regulations hidden in every bill is killing Americans.
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
PFAS raise diabetes risk by 31%. They’re in our water, blood, and food—and the EPA is stalling. Combine that with rising heat, microplastics, and novel pathogens, and we’re way past safe. We’re biological. We have thresholds. And we’re crossing them.
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Forever chemicals linked to disease suffered by 35million Americans
Researchers from Mount Sinai looked at the link between PFAS - found in everything from non-stick cookware to food packaging to cosmetics - and the incidence of the condition.
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
PFAS raise diabetes risk by 31%. They’re in our water, blood, and food—and the EPA is stalling. Combine that with rising heat, microplastics, and novel pathogens, and we’re way past safe. We’re biological. We have thresholds. And we’re crossing them.
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
And Brazil is run by a so called progressive left wing government, not by the trumpist Bolsonaro. They just cant help it. A hundred million is yelling for more, more, more.
Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law
Absolute ignorant shysters
This is the final nail in the coffin of Amazon rain forest that has stood for millions of years
Brazil and the world will pay a heavy price
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Absolute ignorant shysters
This is the final nail in the coffin of Amazon rain forest that has stood for millions of years
Brazil and the world will pay a heavy price
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law
President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And Brazil is run by a so called progressive left wing government, not by the trumpist Bolsonaro. They just cant help it. A hundred million is yelling for more, more, more.
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Indeed, Trumpism's unvarnished expression of the real, its "authenticity," is a central part of its appeal.
It offers liberation from the constraints and inhibitions, the "straight-jacket," of socially acceptable behavior.
It frees the animal passions from the neuroses of the "civilized."
It offers liberation from the constraints and inhibitions, the "straight-jacket," of socially acceptable behavior.
It frees the animal passions from the neuroses of the "civilized."
July 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Indeed, Trumpism's unvarnished expression of the real, its "authenticity," is a central part of its appeal.
It offers liberation from the constraints and inhibitions, the "straight-jacket," of socially acceptable behavior.
It frees the animal passions from the neuroses of the "civilized."
It offers liberation from the constraints and inhibitions, the "straight-jacket," of socially acceptable behavior.
It frees the animal passions from the neuroses of the "civilized."
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Every time we do our laundry, we’re inadvertently contributing an additional 640,000 to 1,500,000 microfiber pieces to the environment
these microfibers find their way into our waterways and oceans, posing a danger to ecosystems, marine life, and the food we eat.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
these microfibers find their way into our waterways and oceans, posing a danger to ecosystems, marine life, and the food we eat.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution
www.nature.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Every time we do our laundry, we’re inadvertently contributing an additional 640,000 to 1,500,000 microfiber pieces to the environment
these microfibers find their way into our waterways and oceans, posing a danger to ecosystems, marine life, and the food we eat.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
these microfibers find their way into our waterways and oceans, posing a danger to ecosystems, marine life, and the food we eat.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Funny with cluelessness. Do you think "one of these articles" dont understand the human suffering in very hot areas? Well, son, thats does not make the climate disaster go away and if you live in the USA, most likley the air conditioning run on fossile fuels.
Funny with cluelessness. Do you think "one of these articles" dont understand the human suffering in very hot areas? Well, son, thats does not make the climate disaster go away and if you live in the USA, most likley the air conditioning run on fossile fuels.
July 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Funny with cluelessness. Do you think "one of these articles" dont understand the human suffering in very hot areas? Well, son, thats does not make the climate disaster go away and if you live in the USA, most likley the air conditioning run on fossile fuels.
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
"At least 27 million tonnes of nanoplastics are estimated to be floating in the North Atlantic Ocean, weighing more than all wild land mammals combined"
www.ecowatch.com/plastic-poll...
www.ecowatch.com/plastic-poll...
Millions of Tons of Tiny Plastic Particles Are Polluting the Ocean, Study Finds - EcoWatch
Nanoplastics are a much bigger part of the marine plastics pollution problem than had been previously thought.
www.ecowatch.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"At least 27 million tonnes of nanoplastics are estimated to be floating in the North Atlantic Ocean, weighing more than all wild land mammals combined"
www.ecowatch.com/plastic-poll...
www.ecowatch.com/plastic-poll...
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
The full transcript of my interview with @race2extinct.bsky.social can be found on the episode webpage: www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/lyle-lewis
Humanity’s Final Chapter: Why We Will Soon Vanish / Lyle Lewis — Last Born In The Wilderness
I’m joined by Lyle Lewis, former endangered species biologist and author of Racing to Extinction: Why Humanity Will Soon Vanish . We discuss his decades long career working under the US Department of...
www.lastborninthewilderness.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The full transcript of my interview with @race2extinct.bsky.social can be found on the episode webpage: www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/lyle-lewis
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Shark populations have dropped 71% since 1970 and many shark species are heading for extinction
Humans are killing over 100 million sharks every year and view them as monsters thanks to Jaws but only 4 people on average die from sharks every year
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Humans are killing over 100 million sharks every year and view them as monsters thanks to Jaws but only 4 people on average die from sharks every year
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Rresearch shows oceanic shark populations have dropped 71% since 1970 | CBC News
Globally, the abundance of oceanic sharks and rays dropped more than 70 per cent between 1970 and 2018, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Of the 31 species of sharks and ...
www.cbc.ca
July 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Shark populations have dropped 71% since 1970 and many shark species are heading for extinction
Humans are killing over 100 million sharks every year and view them as monsters thanks to Jaws but only 4 people on average die from sharks every year
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Humans are killing over 100 million sharks every year and view them as monsters thanks to Jaws but only 4 people on average die from sharks every year
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
"She found microplastics in 100% of the fish, and nearly 2,200 particles were documented across 55 samples."
phys.org/news/2025-06...
phys.org/news/2025-06...
Student discovers widespread microplastic pollution in Appalachian streams and fish
When West Virginia University biology undergraduate student Isabella Tuzzio tested fish from central Appalachian streams, her research revealed microplastics in every fish she sampled.
phys.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"She found microplastics in 100% of the fish, and nearly 2,200 particles were documented across 55 samples."
phys.org/news/2025-06...
phys.org/news/2025-06...
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Every additional human displaces other life. On a finite planet, unchecked growth doesn’t just crowd—it replaces. A world of only humans isn’t just dystopian. It’s unlivable.
apple.news/ANTFU5Es9Tra...
apple.news/ANTFU5Es9Tra...
Oops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated How Many Humans Are on Earth — Popular Mechanics
We have to start counting from 1 again...
apple.news
June 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Every additional human displaces other life. On a finite planet, unchecked growth doesn’t just crowd—it replaces. A world of only humans isn’t just dystopian. It’s unlivable.
apple.news/ANTFU5Es9Tra...
apple.news/ANTFU5Es9Tra...
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Hominids—past and present—are puppets of evolution. Species that exceed their ecological bounds don’t endure—whether booming or dwindling, the end is the same: disappearance.
June 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hominids—past and present—are puppets of evolution. Species that exceed their ecological bounds don’t endure—whether booming or dwindling, the end is the same: disappearance.
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
They are already building a major highway through the Amazon and now this a mega railway
They will not stop until the Amazon is gone forever
They will not stop until the Amazon is gone forever
June 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They are already building a major highway through the Amazon and now this a mega railway
They will not stop until the Amazon is gone forever
They will not stop until the Amazon is gone forever
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
5 years ago today, one of the few decent people in the world was brutally ripped from life by big animal ag.
Regan, unforgotten💔
Regan, unforgotten💔
Regan Russell was a fearless Superwoman with strong moral convictions. An outstanding person who did so much for animal rights.
She was run over and killed by a truck driver while trying to show pigs at least some compassion before their senseless death in an abattoir.
She was run over and killed by a truck driver while trying to show pigs at least some compassion before their senseless death in an abattoir.
June 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
5 years ago today, one of the few decent people in the world was brutally ripped from life by big animal ag.
Regan, unforgotten💔
Regan, unforgotten💔
Reposted by K. Mikael Gustafsson
New research confirms what many deny: population growth is inseparable from ecological collapse. Deforestation is about more people, consuming more, in more urbanized systems.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2303201...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2303201...
Drivers of Deforestation: In the Tropics, Urbanization Plays a Key Role - Inside Climate News
Stopping tropical deforestation is something that almost everyone can agree upon as a reasonable and intelligent way to reduce CO2 emissions. Trees absorb atmospheric CO2 and emit oxygen, acting as pl...
insideclimatenews.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New research confirms what many deny: population growth is inseparable from ecological collapse. Deforestation is about more people, consuming more, in more urbanized systems.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2303201...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2303201...