Beef or reef ?
Habitat loss and fragmentation has been listed in a new report as one of the threats to Queensland's fauna and flora species. Widespread clearing in the Great Barrier Reef catchment.

'The latest Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS) found 147,705 hectares of land was cleared in Great Barrier Reef catchment, which made up 44 per cent of the state's total clearing activity in 2022–2023.'

'This was an increase from the previous report in 2021–2022 which found 143,683 hectares of forest and woodland was completely removed from the reef's catchment areas." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/calls-for-stronger-action-queensland-great-barrier-reef-species/105867412
#biodiversity #conservation #GBR #reef #degradation #Queensland #LandClearing #meat #FossilFuels #pollution #heatwaves #ocean #acidification #tourism #UNESCO #extinction

‘Enough is the key’
"CEO of Enactus summarised concept into only one word (“enough”) & it means tt it is #sufficient to survive & contribute according to one’s own capacity. In reality, #consumerism leads people to consume more than enough.. “following predicted #degradation of our planet, why aren’t we already protecting it more to secure survival for ours & future generations? ask ourselves what really is sufficient for us & for our #economy to create #sustainability”"🧐
https://www.bangkokpost.com/sustainability/3116113/enough-is-the-key-vows-thaibev-ceo

A quotation from C. C. Colton

He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 457 (1820)

More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ccolton #change #advancement #badperson #character #corruption #degradation #evil #good #goodperson #immorality #improvement #progress #selfimprovement #time #vice #virtue

Murujuga petroglyphs - putting a "very rosy spin" on the scientific findings

"Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt was advised emissions from Woodside's Karratha Gas Plant may be having an adverse effect on the rock art, before he granted the company an extension to keep operating there for another 40 years."

"A top statistician says he quit a landmark study into whether heavy industry is damaging ancient rock art in Western Australia's north after the government misrepresented his team's key finding. Misstating the results of an expensive scientific investigation is unacceptable and I think that's what's happened."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-02/murujuga-rock-art-study-woodside-government-interference/105806508
#petroglyphs #Murujuga ##harm #degradation #RockArt #IndigenousPeoples #air #IndustrialPollution #pollution #FossilFuels #ClimateBreakdown #Burrup #science #ScientificReview #governance #culture #values

Australian environment law and ongoing degradation

"Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve.

"Australia’s law that is supposed to protect the environment and cultural heritage doesn’t work. There are few, if any, people who argue otherwise.

"The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, introduced by the Howard government in 1999, is misnamed. Its main role is to allow developments to be approved."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/01/australia-laws-to-protect-the-environment-dont-work-woodside-greenlight-proves-it
#EPBCAct #law #EPA #biodiversity #degradation #EnvironmentalLaw #CulturalHeritage #FossilFuels #pollution #climate #petroglyphs #Murujuga #governance #Australia #conservation #extractivism

#Geryelektrisch:

Das ist krass!! 😲 #Kapazitätsverlust / #Degradation nach 4 Jahren bei meinem #Elektroauto.

Es ist wieder so weit! Ich messe wieder den Kapazitätsverlust von meinem #Hyundai #Ioniq. Diesen Test hatte ich bereits vor einem Jahr gemacht und war gespannt, wie das Ergebnis sein wird.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h1sJwQ2BtmE

6 Mois de prison ferme pour un jet de peinture sur Matignon

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://contre-attaque.net/2025/09/24/6-mois-de-prison-ferme-pour-un-jet-de-peinture-sur-matignon/

Claude Code Degradation: A postmortem of three recent issues

https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/a-postmortem-of-three-recent-issues

#HackerNews #Claude #Code #Degradation #postmortem #engineering #AIissues #Anthropic

Fragmentation increased in over half of global forests from 2000 to 2020

"Land conversion not only reduces the total habitat available to other species, but it also fragments habitat into smaller and less-connected patches, thus supporting smaller and less-connected populations." >>
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr6450
#deforestation #biodiversity #wildlife #extinction #fragmentation #connectivity #forest #degradation #ClimateBreakdown #Loggingimpacts #plantations #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NSWLogging

Image: Customary pile burning to make a 'clean slate' for grazing ungulates, Bellingen

Deforestation kills

"Deforestation is responsible for more than a third of the warming experienced by people living in the affected regions. Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/27/deforestation-has-killed-half-a-million-people-in-past-20-years-study-finds
#deforestation #LoggingAndLandclearing #LoggingImpacts #ExtremeHeat #HeatStress #mortality #BiodiversityCrisis #canopy #FossilFuels #ClimateDisruption #degradation #harm

Khu di tích quốc gia căn cứ cách mạng Quỳnh Lưu ở Ninh Bình đang xuống cấp nghiêm trọng nhưng chưa được trùng tu. 🥺

#NinhBình #DiTíchLịchSử #XuốngCấp #NinhBinh #HistoricalSite #Degradation #DiSanVanHoa #CulturalHeritage

https://vietnamnet.vn/di-tich-quoc-gia-khu-can-cu-cach-mang-o-ninh-binh-xuong-cap-2435458.html

A quotation from Horace

The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
And lend to good advice a patient ear.
 
[Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1, l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/horace/78567/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #advice #anger #brutalishness #character #coarseness #culture #degradation #drunkenness #envy #faults #gluttony #lust #moralcharacter #norms #reform #rehabilitation #selfcontrol #selfimprovement #sloth #society #temperament #vice #virtue #wisdom #wrath

Consumption: Dream & Reality: https://www.aurianneor.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=1579&action=edit

#advertising #art #illusion #livingcomfortably #aurianneor #consumersociety #consumption #creditcards #degradation #destruction #discover #environment #excess #explodingplanetearth #idealhome #mastercard #mess #nononsense #overconsumption #overdose #photomontge #shopping #addiction #survivalplan

Breaching planetary boundaries:
Over half of global land area suffers critical losses in functional biosphere integrity

"A stable Earth system requires a healthy biosphere, but many ecosystems are being pushed beyond safe limits due to human activities such as land-use change, resource extraction, or climatic changes. Several indicators exist to assess the local state of the biosphere. However, ones that can be aggregated globally and directly linked to planetary-scale thresholds for ecosystem integrity are still lacking, compromising our ability to mitigate degradation and deploy conservation strategies."
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https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(25)00219-2
Stenzel, F., Ben Uri, L., Braun, J., Breier, J., Erb, K., Gerten, D., Haberl, H., Matej, S., Milo, R., Ostberg, S., Rockström, J., Roux, N., Schaphoff, S., Lucht, W., (2025): Breaching planetary boundaries: Over half of global land area suffers critical losses in functional biosphere integrity. – One Earth 8, 101393, August 15, 2025. [DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101393]

https://biointegrity.pik-potsdam.de/
Biointegrity data viewer (map)

#biosphere #PlanetaryBoundaries #breaching #ecosystem #biodiversity #degradation #risks #conservation #ASafeOperatingSpaceForHumanity #wildlife

As land #degradation & #climate change intensify, current #agricultural models face limits in supporting inclusive development.
The @fao paper examines the role of natural resources in fostering resilient and inclusive #rural transformation & reviews land and #water availability for agriculture.
https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/a52633e7-bf60-4431-ad99-50d1ad46d69b

Four structures of rsCherry exhibiting varying degrees of degradation indicate that oxygen-induced degradation of rsCherry predominantly affects the chromophore without altering the protein backbone #FluorescentProteins #CrystalStructure #Degradation https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053230X25005485

Demain #dimanche, on attend une #dégradation. Le ressenti sera plus #automnal qu'estival ! En effet, ☁️nuages, 🌦️averses, risque d'#orages🌩️ et #vent 🚩limiteront l'ensoleillement à la portion congrue, sauf dans le sud-est. https://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2025-07-25/meteo-dimanche-27-juillet-frequentes-averses-orageuses-a-l-est-rafraichissement-general-80009

🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1949016107639013452
🕐 26/07 09:57

Electric cars: battery life.
Volkswagen ID 3 loses eight miles of range after 107,000 miles | Autocar https://share.google/xxVnxm4726tEjEv5c

They were not unusually careful with it.

#EV #range #battery #degradation #lookinggood

On 18/6, UNESCO signed the #MissionSoil Manifesto becoming the first international governmental organisation to endorse it.
This landmark step reinforces EU’s and UNESCO’s commitment and cooperation to halting soil #degradation and restoring #soilhealth.
https://mission-soil-platform.ec.europa.eu/news-events/latest-news/unesco-signs-mission-soil-manifesto-strengthening-global-commitment-soil

#Stewardship of the #environment in #Britain

Packham on ‘the commons’

'But here is the greatest scandal. Over the past decade, more than £32m has been paid to Dartmoor commoners through higher-level stewardship schemes – schemes that exist specifically to improve nature on sites that should be protected by law. And guess what? Not one common has improved, and many have got worse.’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/15/sheep-destroying-british-habitats-taxpayers-dartmoor-farming

Its not just water folks.

#Nature #Degradation #Failure