I am not a fish eater, but even so this must worry people? Does anyone remember the Passenger Pigeon?

Scientists have uncovered genomic evidence that intensive fishing has driven rapid evolutionary changes that have contributed to these fish roughly halving in average body length since the 1990s.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/25/cod-shrinking-size-overfishing-study

#OverFishing #Oceans #EvolutionInAction #Science #Environment #Extinction

The latest State of the World’s Birds report found nearly half of the planet’s bird species are in decline. Habitat loss, logging, invasive species, exploitation of natural resources and climate breakdown were highlighted as the main threats.

#Birds #Extinction #Biodiversity #Environment #Nature

‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report | Birds | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/24/extinction-crisis-could-see-500-bird-species-vanish-within-a-century-report-aoe?CMP=GTUK_email

https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/microplastics-birds-study-waste-pollution/

#pollution #microplastics #oil #fossilfuels #climatechange #biodiversity #extinction #birds #capitalism

#birds #extinction

"Climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to go extinct in the next 100 years, researchers from the University of Reading have found.

Their study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, reveals this number is three times higher than all bird extinctions recorded since 1500 CE. The extinction of vulnerable birds such as the bare-necked umbrellabird, the helmeted hornbill, and the yellow-bellied sunbird-asity would greatly reduce the variety of bird shapes and sizes worldwide, harming ecosystems that depend on unique birds like these for vital functions.

The scientists found that even with complete protection from human-caused threats like habitat loss, hunting and climate change, about 250 bird species could still die out.

Kerry Stewart, lead author of the research from the University of Reading, said: 'Many birds are already so threatened that reducing human impacts alone won't save them. These species need special recovery programs, like breeding projects and habitat restoration, to survive.

We face a bird extinction crisis unprecedented in modern times. We need immediate action to reduce human threats across habitats and targeted rescue programs for the most unique and endangered species.'"

https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/500-bird-species-face-extinction-due-to-climate-change-hunting-and-habitat-loss-401436

‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/24/extinction-crisis-could-see-500-bird-species-vanish-within-a-century-report-aoe #birds #extinction #SpeciesAtRisk #ClimateChange #biodoversity #ClimateCrisis

Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset Callithrix aurita

Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset Callithrix aurita

Red List Status: Endangered

Locations: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais)

Buffy-tufted-ear Marmosets have dramatically rimmed eyes giving them a delightful “Gothic appearance. These enchanting and charismatic #monkeys live deep in the forests of a tiny area of #Brazil. Buffy-tufted-ear #Marmosets are also known as buffy tufted-ear mamosets or the white-eared marmosets. They are New World monkeys living in a geographically isolated region in the Atlantic coast that has been decimated for #palmoil, #soy and #cattle ranching agriculture and #goldmining. Help them every time you shop and be #vegan, #Boycottpalmoil and #Boycott4Wildlife!

Striking “gothic” looking monkeys, Buffy-tufted-ear Marmosets are #endangered in #Brazil having lost 93% of their rainforest to #palmoil #soy and #cattle. Help them by going #vegan #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/11/06/buffy-tufted-ear-marmoset-callithrix-aurita/

Just 7% of the Buffy-tufted-ear #Marmosets’ home remains in #Brazil 🇧🇷 they are on the edge of #extinction from #palmoil and #meat #deforestation. Fight for them and be #vegan 🍌🍉 #Boycottpalmoil and #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🪔☠️🩸🔥🧐🙈🚫 @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/11/06/buffy-tufted-ear-marmoset-callithrix-aurita/

Appearance & Behaviour

The Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset slightly resemble Common Marmosets although they have shorter ear tufts than other marmosets and have a vivid and striking skull-like colouration on their faces, along with a brown crown and grey-black fur across their bodies. On average they weigh only 300 grams.

They have short snouts and flat noses with intense yellow eyes and a downturned mouth suggesting an attitude of eternal dissatisfaction.

‘The Battle to Save the Buffy Tufted Marmoset of Brazil’ Earth.org

“They generally live in small social groups numbering between 2-8 individuals and consist of a dominant breeding pair. Their juvenile offspring typically will remain in the family group until adulthood to assist their parents with the care of newborn infants.” ~ Earth.org.

They are arboreal and live almost all of their lives in the tree canopies – making them particularly vulnerable to deforestation for palm oil, soy, cattle ranching and mining in Brazil.

Threats

The widespread destruction of forests within this marmoset’s range, especially along the valley of the Rio Paraiba and in the lowland forests are a major threat to the Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset.

They may remain in some areas of the lowland forest of Rio de Janeiro (Mambucaba, Angra dos Reis), but is considered extinct in lowland forests of São Paulo State (Brandão and Develey 1998).

IUCN RED List

Their traditional home the (once vast) Atlantic rainforest is now mostly destroyed with only 7% remaining standing in Brazil – what remains is severely fragmented. Other than deforestation for palm oil, soy and cattle ranching, they face a panoply of other threats including:

• Yellow fever
• Forest fires, floods and other climate change related extreme weather
• Poaching for food
• Collection for the pet trade
• Forest fragments cut by roads pose a threat for collision with cars
• Pollution run-off from agriculture
• Hybridisation and interbreeding with other marmoset species.

Habitat

They are endemic to the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro of southeastern Brazil, within their montane rainforests of the inland plateau, at chilly dry-season altitudes of up to 1,300 metres. Buffy-tufted-ear marmoset populations inhabit these montane forests, with a few outlying populations in the foothills or lowland coastal forests.

Diet

They mostly feed on insects and occasionally flowering plants like fungi, cacti, soursops and legumes and invertebrates. If food is scarce they have been known to opportunistically hunt for small reptiles, amphibians, and small birds which they catch with their long claws before dispatching with a swift bite to the head.

As the forest disappears their food resources are stretched and they face competition from other species for food sources.

Mating and breeding

Buffy-tufted-ear Marmosets are greatly understudied and under-observed. Therefore little is known about their mating and reproduction. Their gestation period lasts around 170 days and there are typically fraternal offspring.

Buffy-tufted-ear marmosets have no formal protections in place and they need your help. Every time you shop, buy #vegan and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

You can support this beautiful animal

Mountain Marmosets Conservation Programme

There are no known formal conservation activities in place for this animal. Make sure that you #Boycottpalmoil and #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket and raise awareness of the plight of beautiful animals in order to support their survival! Find out more here

Further Information

de Melo, F.R., Port-Carvalho, M., Pereira, D.G., Ruiz-Miranda, C.R., Ferraz, D.S., Bicca-Marques, J.C., Jerusalinsky, L., Oliveira, L.C., Valença-Montenegro, M.M., Valle, R.R., da Cunha, R.G.T. & Mittermeier, R.A. 2021. Callithrix aurita (amended version of 2020 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T3570A191700629. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T3570A191700629.en. Accessed on 12 September 2022.

Buffy Tufted Marmoset on Wikipedia.

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The Merchants of Death are Burning OUR HOME #climate #ClimateChange #climateemergency #ClimateCrisis #environment #fossilfuels #crime #criminal #extinction #death #oilcompanies

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ScienceDaily: How life endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic meltwater ponds…

In a study, researchers report that 635 million to 720 million years ago, during periods known as "Snowball Earth," when much of the planet was covered in ice, some of our ancient cellular ancestors could have waited things out in meltwater ponds... #originoflife #evolution #geologicaltime #extinction

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/sciencedaily-how-life-endured-the-snowball-earth-evidence-from-antarctic-meltwater-ponds-2/

At first glance, Silicon Valley philosophies like #longtermism sound reasonable… until you look deeper. Dr. Emile Torres explains.

@xriskology
#TESCREAL #Transhumanism #Eugenics #Extinction

#Extinction #Art #Transcendence #project #Wymieranie #Transcendencja #Sztuka #Rzeźba

I am looking for sculptors for a transcendent project to commemorate extinct humanity (and more).

Poszukuję rzeźbiarzy/rzeźbiarek do transcendentnego projektu upamiętnienia wymarłej ludzkości (i nie tylko).

Conservationists race to rescue England’s #turtleDoves from #extinction
Hundreds are being released across the country to reverse 98% decline in mating pairs since the 1970s

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/20/conservationists-race-to-rescue-englands-turtle-doves-from-extinction #science #conservation #birds

ScienceDaily: How life endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic meltwater ponds…

In a study, researchers report that 635 million to 720 million years ago, during periods known as "Snowball Earth," when much of the planet was covered in ice, some of our ancient cellular ancestors could have waited things out in meltwater ponds... #originoflife #evolution #geologicaltime #extinction

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/sciencedaily-how-life-endured-the-snowball-earth-evidence-from-antarctic-meltwater-ponds/

OH FUCK NO. NO FUCKING WAY.
Trump is trying to sell off our national parks.
#resist #fightback #ecology #conservation #pollution #deforestation #research #climate #greenanarchy #nature #extinction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6aXgIjT_sw

Planning to be outside during a global mass extinction event that threatens our very existence? Take these precautions…
#ClimateCrisis #Extinction
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foolish autocrats.
without a working climate,
who'll you wrongly rule?

as kings of well-stocked basements,
you're empty as our cupboards.

#tanka #haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #collapse #extinction #prepper #preppers

2/2 …yet the human element is also highly desirable because it encompasses an intrinsic orientation towards seeking truth.This is in fact why we are still here. #Extinction requires more drift off the mark than we currently exhibit. That would be reason for celebration if not for the signs offered us that we appear to be winning that particular race to fark around and find out. Better choices matter

Intersection Of Human Environmental Solutions and Impacts

The fundamental question of whether humanity’s environmental solutions will overtake and halt its environmental destruction in time to preserve human civilization is the subject of intense scientific debate. An analysis of peer-reviewed research on climate change and its effects on human civilization suggests that while positive developments in technology and policy may prevent the absolute worst-case warming scenarios, they are unlikely to be deployed fast enough to avoid irreversible damage to key global ecosystems. The “intersection” will occur, but after some critical tipping points have been crossed.

I approached this issue in: “Adapting to Worst-Case Climate Change” and “Silent Earth, Adaptations for Life in a Devastated biosphere.” This blog post is a more balanced review of optimism due to positive developments and pessimism due to negative impacts. Last week I added Kindle versions of my books. Enrolled in Amazon’s Free Book promotion, they are free starting today with “Adapting. . . .”

The Acceleration of Solutions: A Techno-Economic Revolution

The case for optimism rests on the exponential growth of clean technologies, driven by powerful economic feedback loops.

• Economic Tipping Points: The most significant positive trend is that renewable energy sources are now, in many parts of the world, the cheapest form of new electricity generation available. This has created a powerful economic momentum for decarbonization that is less dependent on political will. A study by Way et al. (2022) in the journal Joule found that a rapid transition to clean energy is likely to result in trillions of dollars in net savings globally compared to a fossil-fuel-based system.
• Exponential Growth & S-Curves: The deployment of key technologies like solar, wind, and batteries is not linear but follows an exponential adoption “S-curve”. BloombergNEF (2023) data shows that solar and wind now account for most new power-generating capacity added globally each year. Similarly, global EV sales have doubled every two years, a trend that, if sustained, could lead to a near-total transition away from internal combustion engines for new car sales by the early 2030s.
• Policy as an Accelerator: While political will is fickle, major policy actions can create long-term industrial momentum. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the E.U.’s Green Deal are not just climate policies, but massive industrial strategies designed to onshore clean energy manufacturing and secure a competitive advantage. These initiatives will accelerate decarbonization pathways in the world’s largest economies, though this will be retarded by the U. S. counter moves in 2025.

The Acceleration of Impacts: The Unyielding Physics of the Earth System

The case for pessimism is grounded in the physical realities of the Earth system, which possesses immense inertia and potential for non-linear dynamics.

• Climate System Inertia and “Locked-In” Warming: The central challenge is the inertia of the climate system. Even if global emissions were to cease today, the planet would continue to warm because of past emissions and the thermal inertia of the oceans. This has been referred to as “warming in the pipeline” (Hansen et al. 2023). A significant amount of future sea-level rise and ecosystem injury is already “locked in,” regardless of our current actions.
• Irreversible Tipping Points: The greatest risk is that this locked-in warming will push critical Earth systems past irreversible tipping points. A landmark 2022 study in Science by Armstrong McKay et al. found that several key tipping points, including the collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets and the abrupt thaw of permafrost, could be triggered even between 1.5°C and 2°C of warming—thresholds we are on track to cross. The recent die-off of vast areas of coral reefs serves as a stark example of a major ecosystem already crossing this threshold.
• Cascading Risks and Synchronous Failures: These tipping points are not independent. The collapse of one system can increase the risk of another failing, creating a “tipping cascade” (Kemp et al. 2022). For example, losing Arctic sea ice reduces albedo and accelerates regional warming, which hastens the thaw of permafrost. Recent research highlights the growing risk of “synchronous failure,” where climate-related shocks trigger simultaneous crises in multiple interconnected systems, including global food supply chains and financial markets. In their exhaustive study of tipping points, Vasilis Dakos and colleagues concluded that the vast amount of remote sensing and other Earth systems data are bringing us closer to the ability to anticipate tipping points. At present, “Early warnings can tell us that “something” important may be about to happen, but they do not tell us what precisely that “something” may be and when exactly it will happen” (. . . , Dakos et al. 2024).

The Verdict: An Intersection After Irreparable Damage

When comparing these two accelerating trends, the scientific literature points to a deeply unsettling conclusion. The positive socio-economic trends of the clean energy transition are powerful, but they are unlikely to move quickly enough to prevent the biophysical trendlines of climate impact from crossing critical, irreversible thresholds. The most likely outcome is a future where humanity successfully reduces the impacts of its farms and cities and decarbonizes its energy and transportation systems, but only after locking in the collapse of several major ecosystems. We will prevent the 4-5°C “runaway greenhouse” scenario, but we will not prevent the loss of all coral reefs and mountain glaciers, loss of some major ice sheets, and significant, permanent loss of significant portions of the biosphere. The “intersection” will not be a moment of salvation, but a point at which we can adapt to a world that has been irreparably damaged. If humanity’s effort to survive is sufficient, civilization will survive, but in a suppressed state that will persist while the earth cools and cleans itself and Earth’s biosphere heals.

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#biodiversity #ClimateChange #extinction #globalWarming

If estimates are right, we are now living through a period where the rate of #species #extinction is 1K to 10K times the base rate 🧐🙊😲. Fight back and resist extinction, be #Vegan 🌿🍌🍇 #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🩸🤮 ☠️#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/10/06/species-extinction-just-how-bad-is-it-and-why-should-we-care/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Of the 22 #albatross species recognized by the #IUCN, 15 species are threatened with #extinction.

To raise awareness of this #conservation crisis, we celebrate World Albatross Day every year on June, 19th.

I take this opportunity to share one of the most fascinating science facts about albatrosses that I learned so far.

https://beaksandbones.substack.com/p/albatross-infrasound

#WorldAlbatrossDay #scicomm #biology #science #birds #birdsofmastodon

@br00t4c So just like the ending in ‘War of the Worlds’ humans will be defeated by the smallest classification of living things; Artificially Generated Bacteria and or Viruses? #AiScam #NoIdeaAi #ScienceHype #IPScam #FascistScience #Extinction #CorporateMafia #Artificialinformation #Ai #NotIntelligence #CorporateIPTheft #Deregulation #NaziScience And don’t forget Corporate Identity Theft. Generate the problem to profit from milking the solution; enhance the diabolically vicious circle of automating corporate profiteering and exploitation! #CIT #AGB #AGV #CorporateSovereigntyIsEvil